kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (6)

Status: auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/07/25 19:19
Subsystems: kernel
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First crash: 1244d, last: 1233d
▶ ▼ 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 8d19h 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 1745d 1985d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/09/05 15:05
linux-6.1 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 28 18d 48d 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 3320d 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 1399d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2022/11/11 22:11
android-49 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 syz, C 1 3288d 3288d 0/3 closed as invalid on 2017/09/12 18:13
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (2) kernel 2 syz 347 3185d 3178d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2017/12/28 09:40
android-54 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 syz, C 1 2203d 2203d 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 2369d 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 3177d 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
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (8) kernel 2 2 379d 465d 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 18 37d 48d 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 30d 48d 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 2845d 2708d 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 2708d 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: 3 PID: 1 Comm: init Not tainted 6.3.0-syzkaller-04626-g0cfd8703e7da #0
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.14.0-2 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0xd9/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 panic+0x688/0x730 kernel/panic.c:340
 do_exit+0x1e4e/0x2960 kernel/exit.c:838
 do_group_exit+0xd4/0x2a0 kernel/exit.c:1019
 get_signal+0x2315/0x25b0 kernel/signal.c:2874
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x79/0x5c0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:306
 exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:168 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x11f/0x240 kernel/entry/common.c:204
 irqentry_exit_to_user_mode+0x9/0x40 kernel/entry/common.c:310
 exc_page_fault+0xc0/0x170 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1557
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:570
RIP: 0033:0x7f4466ad623c
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:00007fffa7bc6e60 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000011 RBX: 00007f4466d0c13c RCX: 00007f4466ad623c
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 00007f4466d114a8
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000008 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fffa7bc6ec8 R14: 000055b9cac36169 R15: 00007f4466d42a80
 </TASK>
Shutting down cpus with NMI
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
2023/04/26 19:17 upstream 0cfd8703e7da 19a3dabe .config console log report info ci-qemu-upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
2023/04/15 20:47 upstream 7a934f4bd7d6 ec410564 .config console log report info ci-qemu-upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.