The kernel crashed with a message "Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x0000000b"

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Issue

  • The kernel crashed with a message "Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x0000000b"
crash> log

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[67061.296073] systemd-journald[2913]: Failed to open system journal: Input/output error
[67061.296083] systemd-journald[2913]: Failed to open system journal: Input/output error
[67061.296106] systemd-journald[2913]: Failed to open system journal: Input/output error
[67061.296116] systemd-journald[2913]: Failed to open system journal: Input/output error
[67061.296936] systemd-journald[2913]: Failed to open system journal: Input/output error
[67061.296948] systemd-journald[2913]: Failed to open system journal: Input/output error
[67061.297134] systemd-journald[2913]: Failed to open system journal: Input/output error
[67061.297145] systemd-journald[2913]: Failed to open system journal: Input/output error
[67061.297338] Core dump to |/usr/libexec/abrt-hook-ccpp 7 0 6547 42 42 1550204215 e 6547 6547 localhost.localdomain pipe failed
[67061.297879] systemd-journald[2913]: Failed to open system journal: Input/output error
[67061.297891] systemd-journald[2913]: Failed to open system journal: Input/output error
[67061.298339] Core dump to |/usr/libexec/abrt-hook-ccpp 7 0 6607 42 42 1550204215 e 6607 6607 localhost.localdomain pipe failed
[67061.299051] systemd-journald[2913]: Failed to open system journal: Input/output error
[67061.299064] systemd-journald[2913]: Failed to open system journal: Input/output error
[67061.299183] Core dump to |/usr/libexec/abrt-hook-ccpp 7 0 6570 42 42 1550204215 e 6570 6575 localhost.localdomain pipe failed
[67061.299585] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x0000000b

[67061.299590] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: systemd Kdump: loaded Not tainted 3.10.0-957.1.3.el7.x86_64 #1
[67061.299592] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 07/03/2018
[67061.299593] Call Trace:
[67061.299617]  [<ffffffffa4961e41>] dump_stack+0x19/0x1b
[67061.299621]  [<ffffffffa495b550>] panic+0xe8/0x21f
[67061.299625]  [<ffffffffa429e3c6>] do_exit+0xa36/0xa40
[67061.299633]  [<ffffffffa42abe93>] ? __sigqueue_free.part.13+0x33/0x40
[67061.299635]  [<ffffffffa429e44f>] do_group_exit+0x3f/0xa0
[67061.299638]  [<ffffffffa42af24e>] get_signal_to_deliver+0x1ce/0x5e0
[67061.299643]  [<ffffffffa422b527>] do_signal+0x57/0x6f0
[67061.299647]  [<ffffffffa43ebedd>] ? handle_mm_fault+0x39d/0x9b0
[67061.299652]  [<ffffffffa496f7a8>] ? __do_page_fault+0x3c8/0x500
[67061.299654]  [<ffffffffa422bc32>] do_notify_resume+0x72/0xc0
[67061.299657]  [<ffffffffa496b55c>] retint_signal+0x48/0x8c

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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