kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/07/25 00:26
Bug presence: origin:upstream
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Reported-by: syzbot+bda7a5f56e0adc02ccfa@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 3d00h, last: 21h01m
▶ ▼ Bug presence (1)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2026/07/26 upstream (ToT) 3dab139d4795 syz [report] SYZFAIL: posix_spawnp failed
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (19)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
android-5-15 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! origin:upstream missing-backport 2 C error inconclusive 540 1d10h 1383d 0/2 premoderation: reported C repro on 2022/10/13 06:16
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (5) kernel 2 C done inconclusive 9 1700d 1940d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/09/05 15:05
linux-6.1 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 15 1d04h 3d02h 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/07/24 21:58
android-49 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (2) 2 syz 1 3182d 3182d 0/3 closed as invalid on 2017/12/06 10:59
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 C 1 3275d 3275d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2017/08/11 14:48
linux-4.14 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 C 1 1248d 1354d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2022/11/11 22:11
android-49 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 C 1 3242d 3242d 0/3 closed as invalid on 2017/09/12 18:13
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (2) kernel 2 syz 347 3140d 3133d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2017/12/28 09:40
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (6) kernel 2 2 1188d 1199d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/07/25 19:19
android-54 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 C 1 2157d 2157d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/04/14 11:56
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (4) kernel 2 C done 19 2323d 2939d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/03/18 10:26
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (3) kernel 2 C 9 3019d 3131d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2018/06/14 08:46
android-414 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 C 3 2555d 2665d 0/1 public: reported C repro on 2019/04/10 16:04
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (7) kernel 2 4063 582d 600d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/02/10 07:38
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (8) kernel 2 2 334d 420d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/11/25 11:57
linux-5.15 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 syz 16 21h38m 3d02h 0/3 upstream: reported syz repro on 2026/07/24 21:50
android-5-10 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 C error inconclusive 875 12h04m 1179d 0/2 premoderation: reported C repro on 2023/05/05 07:30
android-44 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 C 8 2800d 2663d 0/2 public: reported C repro on 2019/04/13 00:00
android-49 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (3) 2 C 22 2555d 2663d 0/3 public: reported C repro on 2019/04/13 00:00

Sample crash report:
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000007
CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: init Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/16/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x18c/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 panic+0x2ca/0x720 kernel/panic.c:340
 do_exit+0x1ea8/0x2530 kernel/exit.c:844
 do_group_exit+0x22d/0x2f0 kernel/exit.c:1026
 get_signal+0x12a6/0x1390 kernel/signal.c:2903
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xc2/0x7b0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:310
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x70/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:174
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:210
 irqentry_exit_to_user_mode+0x9/0x30 kernel/entry/common.c:315
 exc_page_fault+0x8c/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1519
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:608
RIP: 0033:0x7fd0678ee407
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0x7fd0678ee3dd.
RSP: 002b:00007ffdd4acaf70 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: 0000000000000011 RBX: 00007fd06779ec80 RCX: 00007fd0678ee407
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 00007fd067b08498
RBP: 00007fd067b08490 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000008 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 00007fd067b08490
R13: 00007ffdd4acafec R14: 00007fd067b40000 R15: 000055f577661d98
 </TASK>
Kernel Offset: disabled
Rebooting in 86400 seconds..

Crashes (28):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/07/27 02:11 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 20:10 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 15:45 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 10:04 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/27 03:39 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/27 03:24 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/27 03:12 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/27 02:43 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/27 02:27 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/27 01:42 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/27 01:16 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 21:55 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 21:52 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 21:38 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 21:20 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 21:12 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 20:50 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 20:50 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 20:45 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 20:05 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 19:34 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 18:13 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 17:40 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 17:36 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 17:28 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 17:16 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/25 00:26 linux-6.6.y da47cbc25466 dd737a83 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/25 00:25 linux-6.6.y da47cbc25466 dd737a83 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.