kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!

Status: auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/04/14 11:56
Reported-by: syzbot+05b7a0696a5112fbced5@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 2170d, last: 2170d
▶ ▼ 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 541 4d18h 1395d 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 1712d 1952d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/09/05 15:05
linux-6.1 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 25 4d03h 15d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/07/24 21:58
android-49 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (2) 2 syz 1 3194d 3194d 0/3 closed as invalid on 2017/12/06 10:59
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 syz, C 1 3287d 3287d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2017/08/11 14:48
android-6-1 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 5 4d12h 6d09h 0/2 premoderation: reported on 2026/08/02 19:40
linux-4.14 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 syz, C 1 1260d 1366d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2022/11/11 22:11
android-49 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 syz, C 1 3255d 3255d 0/3 closed as invalid on 2017/09/12 18:13
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (2) kernel 2 syz 347 3152d 3145d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2017/12/28 09:40
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (6) kernel 2 2 1200d 1211d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/07/25 19:19
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (4) kernel 2 syz, C done 19 2336d 2951d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/03/18 10:26
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (3) kernel 2 syz, C 9 3031d 3144d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2018/06/14 08:46
android-414 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 syz, C 3 2567d 2677d 0/1 public: reported C repro on 2019/04/10 16:04
upstream kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! (7) kernel 2 4063 594d 612d 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 346d 432d 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 4d04h 15d 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 35 4d03h 15d 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 12d 1191d 0/2 premoderation: reported C repro on 2023/05/05 07:30
android-44 kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! 2 syz, C 8 2812d 2675d 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 2567d 2675d 0/3 public: reported C repro on 2019/04/13 00:00
▶ ▼ Last patch testing requests (2)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2023/04/14 11:40 15m retest repro android12-5.4 OK log
2022/08/27 14:27 0m retest repro https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common android-5.4 error

Sample crash report:
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000005
CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: systemd Not tainted 5.4.61-syzkaller-00873-ge15cc541b749 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011
Call Trace:
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:77 [inline]
 dump_stack+0x14a/0x1ce lib/dump_stack.c:118
 panic+0x288/0x750 kernel/panic.c:221
 do_exit+0x26f1/0x2700 kernel/exit.c:777
 do_group_exit+0x155/0x2b0 kernel/exit.c:906
 get_signal+0x13ec/0x1f00 kernel/signal.c:2743
 do_signal+0x95/0x5d0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:815
 exit_to_usermode_loop arch/x86/entry/common.c:159 [inline]
 prepare_exit_to_usermode+0x207/0x2e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:194
 retint_user+0x8/0x8
RIP: 0033:0x7f39584a3934
Code: 00 00 00 00 0f 05 48 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 31 c3 48 83 ec 08 e8 de 9b 01 00 48 89 04 24 b8 00 00 00 00 0f 05 48 8b 3c 24 48 89 c2 <e8> 27 9c 01 00 48 89 d0 48 83 c4 08 48 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48
RSP: 002b:00007ffdee6e5890 EFLAGS: 00000393
RAX: 000000000000004c RBX: 000055e15cdb2a10 RCX: 00007f39584a392d
RDX: 000000000000004c RSI: 000055e15cd97230 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000d68 R08: 00007f3958761f48 R09: 0000000000000410
R10: 00007f3959ed9500 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 00007f395875e440
R13: 00007f395875d900 R14: 00000000000007ff R15: 000055e15cdb2a10
Kernel Offset: disabled
Rebooting in 86400 seconds..

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2020/08/30 03:42 https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common android-5.4 e15cc541b749 d5a3ae1f .config console log report syz C ci2-android-5-4-kasan
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.