Checking my InstallHistory.plist file, I upgraded to VBox 6.0.8 on 5/15@11:53 and all Guest VMs worked fine.
Later the same day 5/15@16:27, the macOS 10.14.5 upgrade was offered. I reviewed the changelog and upgraded.
However, since upgrading macOS, I began seeing a fairly consistent crash when starting any VBox Guest instance.
I wasn't willing to downgrade macOS, so I ran the VirtualBox_uninstall.tool script and re-installed VBox 6.0.6.
(Yes, I first needed to apply the magic incantation "spctl kext-consent add VB5E2TV963" in Recovery Mode).
Regrettably, VBox 6.0.6 still hard crashes on starting any Guest VM. The macOS crash log begins:
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*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 12 caller 0xffffff8019adb92d): Kernel trap at 0xffffffa3e1565f56, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x00007fb038416000, CR3: 0x0000000860c06117, CR4: 0x00000000000226e0
RAX: 0x0000000000000000, RBX: 0x00007faff823ed44, RCX: 0x0000000000000200, RDX: 0x0000000000000319
RSP: 0xffffffa3de183c60, RBP: 0xffffffa3de183d00, RSI: 0x00007faff8218000, RDI: 0x00007fb038416000
R8: 0x00007faff823ed18, R9: 0x00007faff823ed78, R10: 0x0000000000000000, R11: 0x00007faff823ed42
R12: 0x00007faff823ed40, R13: 0x0000000000016c00, R14: 0x00007faff823ed38, R15: 0x00007faff823ed18
RFL: 0x0000000000010246, RIP: 0xffffffa3e1565f56, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0x00007fb038416000, Error code: 0x0000000000000002, Fault CPU: 0xc, PL: 1, VF: 5
Backtrace (CPU 12), Frame : Return Address
0xffffffa3de183730 : 0xffffff80199aea2d
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Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv(6.0.6)[96C33780-8C46-3129-B202-5823404C4DA0]@0xffffff7f9e338000->0xffffff7f9e427fff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: VirtualBoxVM
Mac OS version:
18F132
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 18.6.0: Thu Apr 25 23:16:27 PDT 2019; root:xnu-4903.261.4~2/RELEASE_X86_64
What's the suggestion here: Is there any point to further downgrading to VBox 6.0.4?
(I can sometimes get into a Guest VM without crashing, but it's not bankable)