[2025-latest] Container crashes on macOS 26 (Tahoe) and podman

[NicolaiOksen]

Issue Description

When trying to run MSSQL 2025 via Podman on MAC it crashes with an AVX instruction issue.

It worked earlier with MSSQL 2022.

Rosetta is enabled on the podman virtual machine.

$ podman version: podman version 5.8.0

hardware-info.txt

podman-info.json

sw_vers.txt

The podman team suggests that it might be an issue on the image-side.
containers/podman#28184

Steps to reproduce the issue

Steps to reproduce the issue

1. podman run -e 'ACCEPT_EULA=Y' -e 'SA_PASSWORD=Str0ng!Passw0rd' -p 1433:1433 --platform linux/amd64 mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2025-latest
2. Container crashes

Describe the results you received

Output from the podman run command:

SQL Server 2025 will run as non-root by default.
  This container is running as user mssql.
  To learn more visit https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2099216.
  assertion failed [x86_avx_state_ptr->xsave_header.xfeatures == kSupportedXFeatureBits]:
  (ThreadContextSignals.cpp:414 rt_sigreturn)

Describe the results you expected

The MSSQL container running :)

podman info output

Client:
  APIVersion: 5.8.0
  BuildOrigin: brew
  Built: 1770910886
  BuiltTime: Thu Feb 12 16:41:26 2026
  GitCommit: ""
  GoVersion: go1.26.0
  Os: darwin
  OsArch: darwin/arm64
  Version: 5.8.0
host:
  arch: arm64
  buildahVersion: 1.42.2
  cgroupControllers:
  - cpu
  - io
  - memory
  - pids
  cgroupManager: systemd
  cgroupVersion: v2
  conmon:
    package: conmon-2.1.13-2.fc43.aarch64
    path: /usr/bin/conmon
    version: 'conmon version 2.1.13, commit: '
  cpuUtilization:
    idlePercent: 99.92
    systemPercent: 0.04
    userPercent: 0.04
  cpus: 7
  databaseBackend: sqlite
  distribution:
    distribution: fedora
    variant: coreos
    version: "43"
  emulatedArchitectures:
  - linux/386
  - linux/amd64
  - linux/arm64be
  eventLogger: journald
  freeLocks: 2035
  hostname: localhost.localdomain
  idMappings:
    gidmap:
    - container_id: 0
      host_id: 1000
      size: 1
    - container_id: 1
      host_id: 100000
      size: 1000000
    uidmap:
    - container_id: 0
      host_id: 503
      size: 1
    - container_id: 1
      host_id: 100000
      size: 1000000
  kernel: 6.17.7-300.fc43.aarch64
  linkmode: dynamic
  logDriver: journald
  memFree: 2908274688
  memTotal: 8292048896
  networkBackend: netavark
  networkBackendInfo:
    backend: netavark
    dns:
      package: aardvark-dns-1.17.0-1.fc43.aarch64
      path: /usr/libexec/podman/aardvark-dns
      version: aardvark-dns 1.17.0
    package: netavark-1.17.1-1.fc43.aarch64
    path: /usr/libexec/podman/netavark
    version: netavark 1.17.1
  ociRuntime:
    name: crun
    package: crun-1.24-1.fc43.aarch64
    path: /usr/bin/crun
    version: |-
      crun version 1.24
      commit: 54693209039e5e04cbe3c8b1cd5fe2301219f0a1
      rundir: /run/user/503/crun
      spec: 1.0.0
      +SYSTEMD +SELINUX +APPARMOR +CAP +SECCOMP +EBPF +CRIU +LIBKRUN +WASM:wasmedge +YAJL
  os: linux
  pasta:
    executable: /usr/sbin/pasta
    package: passt-0^20250919.g623dbf6-1.fc43.aarch64
    version: |
      pasta 0^20250919.g623dbf6-1.fc43.aarch64-pasta
      Copyright Red Hat
      GNU General Public License, version 2 or later
        <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
      This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
      There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
  remoteSocket:
    exists: true
    path: unix:///run/user/503/podman/podman.sock
  rootlessNetworkCmd: pasta
  security:
    apparmorEnabled: false
    capabilities: CAP_CHOWN,CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE,CAP_FOWNER,CAP_FSETID,CAP_KILL,CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE,CAP_SETFCAP,CAP_SETGID,CAP_SETPCAP,CAP_SETUID,CAP_SYS_CHROOT
    rootless: true
    seccompEnabled: true
    seccompProfilePath: /usr/share/containers/seccomp.json
    selinuxEnabled: true
  serviceIsRemote: true
  slirp4netns:
    executable: /usr/sbin/slirp4netns
    package: slirp4netns-1.3.1-3.fc43.aarch64
    version: |-
      slirp4netns version 1.3.1
      commit: e5e368c4f5db6ae75c2fce786e31eef9da6bf236
      libslirp: 4.9.1
      SLIRP_CONFIG_VERSION_MAX: 6
      libseccomp: 2.6.0
  swapFree: 0
  swapTotal: 0
  uptime: 32h 27m 0.00s (Approximately 1.33 days)
  variant: v8
plugins:
  authorization: null
  log:
  - k8s-file
  - none
  - passthrough
  - journald
  network:
  - bridge
  - macvlan
  - ipvlan
  volume:
  - local
registries:
  search:
  - docker.io
store:
  configFile: /var/home/core/.config/containers/storage.conf
  containerStore:
    number: 9
    paused: 0
    running: 3
    stopped: 6
  graphDriverName: overlay
  graphOptions: {}
  graphRoot: /var/home/core/.local/share/containers/storage
  graphRootAllocated: 106769133568
  graphRootUsed: 10570035200
  graphStatus:
    Backing Filesystem: xfs
    Native Overlay Diff: "true"
    Supports d_type: "true"
    Supports shifting: "false"
    Supports volatile: "true"
    Using metacopy: "false"
  imageCopyTmpDir: /var/tmp
  imageStore:
    number: 8
  runRoot: /run/user/503/containers
  transientStore: false
  volumePath: /var/home/core/.local/share/containers/storage/volumes
version:
  APIVersion: 5.7.1
  BuildOrigin: 'Copr: packit/containers-podman-27732'
  Built: 1765238400
  BuiltTime: Tue Dec  9 01:00:00 2025
  GitCommit: f845d14e941889ba4c071f35233d09b29d363c75
  GoVersion: go1.25.4 X:nodwarf5
  Os: linux
  OsArch: linux/arm64
  Version: 5.7.1

Podman in a container

No

Privileged Or Rootless

Rootless

Upstream Latest Release

Yes

Additional environment details

Additional environment details

Hardware:

Hardware Overview:

  Model Name: MacBook Pro
  Model Identifier: Mac16,7
  Model Number: Z1FU000A8CZ/A
  Chip: Apple M4 Pro
  Total Number of Cores: 14 (10 performance and 4 efficiency)
  Memory: 48 GB
  System Firmware Version: 13822.61.10
  OS Loader Version: 13822.61.10
  Serial Number (system): CK6TD7FHJC
  Hardware UUID: 3EA7D390-2426-5EED-90FB-27D2AEA81ED6
  Provisioning UDID: 00006040-000E49C80289801C
  Activation Lock Status: Disabled

hardware-info.txt

sw_vers.txt

Additional information

Additional information like issue happens only occasionally or issue happens with a particular architecture or on a particular setting

[allanhirt]

https://www.nocentino.com/posts/2026-02-02-sql-server-2025-cu1-fixes-avx-issue/

[NicolaiOksen]

https://www.nocentino.com/posts/2026-02-02-sql-server-2025-cu1-fixes-avx-issue/

This has been tried without any success on Podman