kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (8)

Status: auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/11/25 11:57
Subsystems: kernel
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First crash: 465d, last: 379d
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (20)
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 syz, C error inconclusive 547 8d11h 1428d 0/2 premoderation: reported C repro on 2022/10/13 06:16
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (5) kernel 2 syz, C done inconclusive 9 1744d 1984d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/09/05 15:05
linux-6.1 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 28 18d 47d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/07/24 21:58
android-49 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (2) 2 syz 1 3227d 3227d 0/3 closed as invalid on 2017/12/06 10:59
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 syz, C 1 3320d 3319d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2017/08/11 14:48
android-6-1 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 5 37d 39d 0/2 premoderation: reported on 2026/08/02 19:40
linux-4.14 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 syz, C 1 1293d 1398d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2022/11/11 22:11
android-49 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 syz, C 1 3287d 3287d 0/3 closed as invalid on 2017/09/12 18:13
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (2) kernel 2 syz 347 3184d 3178d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2017/12/28 09:40
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (6) kernel 2 2 1233d 1244d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/07/25 19:19
android-54 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 syz, C 1 2202d 2202d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/04/14 11:56
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (4) kernel 2 syz, C done 19 2368d 2984d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/03/18 10:26
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (3) kernel 2 syz, C 9 3064d 3176d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2018/06/14 08:46
android-414 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 syz, C 3 2600d 2710d 0/1 public: reported C repro on 2019/04/10 16:04
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (7) kernel 2 4063 627d 645d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/02/10 07:38
linux-5.15 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 syz 18 36d 47d 0/3 upstream: reported syz repro on 2026/07/24 21:50
linux-6.6 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! origin:upstream 2 syz, C 38 29d 47d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/07/25 00:26
android-5-10 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 syz, C error inconclusive 875 45d 1224d 0/2 premoderation: reported C repro on 2023/05/05 07:30
android-44 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 syz, C 8 2844d 2707d 0/2 public: reported C repro on 2019/04/13 00:00
android-49 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (3) 2 syz, C 22 2600d 2707d 0/3 public: reported C repro on 2019/04/13 00:00

Sample crash report:
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x0000000b
CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: init Not tainted 6.15.0-syzkaller-10820-gcd2e103d57e5 #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x3d/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 panic+0x71c/0x800 kernel/panic.c:382
 do_exit+0x2008/0x2bd0 kernel/exit.c:924
 do_group_exit+0xd3/0x2a0 kernel/exit.c:1104
 get_signal+0x2673/0x26d0 kernel/signal.c:3034
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x8f/0x7d0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:337
 exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:111 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/entry-common.h:330 [inline]
 irqentry_exit_to_user_mode+0x12a/0x270 kernel/entry/common.c:184
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:623
RIP: 0033:0x7f40778323a6
Code: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 <00> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
RSP: 002b:00007ffc8a56f400 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000011 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000080
RDX: 0000000000000011 RSI: 00007f40776b62ba RDI: 00007f407786c498
RBP: 00007f407786c490 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000008 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 00007f407786c490
R13: 00007ffc8a56f42c R14: 00007f40778ac000 R15: 0000562df1e15d98
 </TASK>
Kernel Offset: disabled
Rebooting in 86400 seconds..

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/06/02 17:33 upstream cd2e103d57e5 aaaaf5ea .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2025/08/27 11:48 bpf 27861fc720be e12e5ba4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-bpf-kasan-gce kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.