kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!

Status: upstream: reported syz repro on 2026/07/24 21:50
Reported-by: syzbot+13fd732bdff0b3aabf7d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 4d19h, last: 2d14h
▶ ▼ 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 3d03h 1385d 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 1701d 1941d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/09/05 15:05
linux-6.1 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 15 2d20h 4d19h 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/07/24 21:58
android-49 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (2) 2 syz 1 3183d 3183d 0/3 closed as invalid on 2017/12/06 10:59
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 syz, C 1 3276d 3276d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2017/08/11 14:48
linux-4.14 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 syz, C 1 1249d 1355d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2022/11/11 22:11
android-49 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 syz, C 1 3244d 3244d 0/3 closed as invalid on 2017/09/12 18:13
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (2) kernel 2 syz 347 3141d 3135d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2017/12/28 09:40
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (6) kernel 2 2 1189d 1200d 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 2159d 2159d 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 2325d 2941d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/03/18 10:26
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (3) kernel 2 syz, C 9 3021d 3133d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2018/06/14 08:46
android-414 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 syz, C 3 2557d 2667d 0/1 public: reported C repro on 2019/04/10 16:04
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (7) kernel 2 4063 584d 602d 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 336d 421d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/11/25 11:57
linux-6.6 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! origin:upstream 2 syz, C 28 2d13h 4d16h 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 2d04h 1181d 0/2 premoderation: reported C repro on 2023/05/05 07:30
android-44 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 syz, C 8 2801d 2664d 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 2557d 2664d 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: 0 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+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 panic+0x2f8/0x850 kernel/panic.c:309
 do_exit+0x1bdf/0x2110 kernel/exit.c:844
 do_group_exit+0x12c/0x2f0 kernel/exit.c:998
 get_signal+0x7eb/0x12e0 kernel/signal.c:2901
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xe6/0x12a0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:867
 handle_signal_work kernel/entry/common.c:154 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x9e/0x130 kernel/entry/common.c:178
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:214
 irqentry_exit_to_user_mode+0x5/0x30 kernel/entry/common.c:320
 exc_page_fault+0x88/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1499
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:606
RIP: 0033:0x7ffaefebb407
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at RIP 0x7ffaefebb3dd.
RSP: 002b:00007ffcc4343050 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: 0000000000000011 RBX: 00007ffaefd6bc80 RCX: 00007ffaefebb407
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 00007ffaf00d5498
RBP: 00007ffaf00d5490 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000008 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 00007ffaf00d5490
R13: 00007ffcc43430cc R14: 00007ffaf010d000 R15: 000055bd2533ad98
 </TASK>
Kernel Offset: disabled
Rebooting in 86400 seconds..

Crashes (16):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/07/27 03:02 linux-5.15.y 674f684f7c61 492bab15 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 18:51 linux-5.15.y 674f684f7c61 492bab15 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 16:09 linux-5.15.y 674f684f7c61 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 15:33 linux-5.15.y 674f684f7c61 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 15:18 linux-5.15.y 674f684f7c61 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 15:07 linux-5.15.y 674f684f7c61 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 15:04 linux-5.15.y 674f684f7c61 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 14:55 linux-5.15.y 674f684f7c61 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 14:13 linux-5.15.y 674f684f7c61 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 13:44 linux-5.15.y 674f684f7c61 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 13:42 linux-5.15.y 674f684f7c61 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 13:03 linux-5.15.y 674f684f7c61 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 13:00 linux-5.15.y 674f684f7c61 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/26 12:59 linux-5.15.y 674f684f7c61 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/25 08:00 linux-5.15.y 674f684f7c61 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2026/07/24 21:49 linux-5.15.y 674f684f7c61 dd737a83 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.