kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/07/24 21:58
Reported-by: syzbot+181812efe47a5faa4481@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 6d13h, last: 4d15h
▶ ▼ 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 syz, C error inconclusive 540 4d21h 1387d 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 1703d 1943d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/09/05 15:05
android-49 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (2) 2 syz 1 3185d 3185d 0/3 closed as invalid on 2017/12/06 10:59
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 syz, C 1 3278d 3278d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2017/08/11 14:48
linux-4.14 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 syz, C 1 1251d 1357d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2022/11/11 22:11
android-49 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 syz, C 1 3246d 3246d 0/3 closed as invalid on 2017/09/12 18:13
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (2) kernel 2 syz 347 3143d 3137d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2017/12/28 09:40
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (6) kernel 2 2 1191d 1202d 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 2161d 2161d 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 2327d 2943d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/03/18 10:26
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (3) kernel 2 syz, C 9 3023d 3135d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2018/06/14 08:46
android-414 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 syz, C 3 2559d 2668d 0/1 public: reported C repro on 2019/04/10 16:04
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (7) kernel 2 4063 586d 604d 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 338d 423d 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 4d08h 6d14h 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 28 4d08h 6d11h 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 3d23h 1183d 0/2 premoderation: reported C repro on 2023/05/05 07:30
android-44 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 syz, C 8 2803d 2666d 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 2559d 2666d 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+0x188/0x24e lib/dump_stack.c:106
 panic+0x2d3/0x710 kernel/panic.c:339
 do_exit+0x1f08/0x2570 kernel/exit.c:841
 do_group_exit+0x229/0x2e0 kernel/exit.c:1024
 get_signal+0x1259/0x1340 kernel/signal.c:2872
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xc4/0x1310 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:871
 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+0x5/0x30 kernel/entry/common.c:316
 exc_page_fault+0x88/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1485
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:608
RIP: 0033:0x7f7e7be55407
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0x7f7e7be553dd.
RSP: 002b:00007fff88b03790 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: fffffffffffffffc RBX: 00007f7e7bd05c80 RCX: 00007f7e7be55407
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 00007f7e7c06f498
RBP: 00007f7e7c06f490 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000008 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 00007f7e7c06f490
R13: 00007fff88b0380c R14: 00007f7e7c0a7000 R15: 00005592da9c0d98
 </TASK>
Kernel Offset: disabled
Rebooting in 86400 seconds..

Crashes (15):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/07/26 20:18 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 20:12 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 20:08 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 19:49 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 19:45 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 19:25 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 18:52 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 18:25 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 17:22 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 17:17 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 17:13 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 15:27 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 15:24 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 15:13 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/24 21:57 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 dd737a83 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.