kdump kernel fails to boot due to "kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel"

Issue

• kdump kernel fails to boot and displays the below messages:

  [  599.044382] SysRq : Trigger a crash
  [  599.047995] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at           (null)
  [  599.055880] IP: [<ffffffff813f65c6>] sysrq_handle_crash+0x16/0x20
  [  599.062013] PGD 800000086067a067 PUD 8678fd067 PMD 0
  [  599.067140] Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP
  [  599.070416] Modules linked in: bonding iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support vfat dcdbas fat intel_powerclamp coretemp intel_rapl iosf_mbi kvm_intel kvm irqbypass crc32_pclmul ipmi_ssif  ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel lrw gf128mul glue_helper ablk_helper cryptd pcspkr sg i2c_i801 lpc_ich shpchp wmi ipmi_si ipmi_msghandler nfit libnvdimm acpi_pad nfsd auth_rpcgss nfs_acl lockd grace sunrpc ip_tables xfs libcrc32c sd_mod sr_mod cdrom crc32c_intel mgag200 lpfc(OE) drm_kms_helper crc_t10dif syscopyarea crct10dif_generic sysfillrect crct10dif_pclmul sysimgblt fb_sys_fops scsi_transport_fc ttm igb(OE) scsi_tgt crct10dif_common dca ahci drm ptp libahci pps_core i2c_algo_bit megaraid_sas(OE) i2c_core libata fjes dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod
  [  599.137118] CPU: 7 PID: 2789 Comm: bash Tainted: G           OE  ------------   3.10.0-514.44.1.el7.x86_64 #1
  [  599.147017] Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R740/01YM03, BIOS 2.2.11 06/13/2019
  [  599.154580] task: ffff88046855ce70 ti: ffff880463638000 task.ti: ffff880463638000
  [  599.162057] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff813f65c6>]  [<ffffffff813f65c6>] sysrq_handle_crash+0x16/0x20
  [  599.170595] RSP: 0018:ffff88046363be58  EFLAGS: 00010246
  [  599.175903] RAX: ffffffff813f65b0 RBX: ffffffff81a91280 RCX: 0000000000000000
  [  599.183031] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff88086bed3838 RDI: 0000000000000063
  [  599.190164] RBP: ffff88046363be58 R08: 0000000000000096 R09: 000000000000099f
  [  599.197289] R10: 000000000000099e R11: 0000000000000003 R12: 0000000000000063
  [  599.204420] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000004 R15: 0000000000000000
  [  599.211544] FS:  00007f8c48342740(0000) GS:ffff88086bec0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
  [  599.219621] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
  [  599.225364] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000085ee26000 CR4: 00000000003607e0
  [   599.232492] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
  [  599.239616] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
  [  599.246741] Call Trace:
  [  599.249189]  [<ffffffff813f6ded>] __handle_sysrq+0x10d/0x170
  [  599.254849]  [<ffffffff813f725f>] write_sysrq_trigger+0x2f/0x40
  [  599.260764]  [<ffffffff81271580>] proc_reg_write+0x40/0x80
  [  599.266252]  [<ffffffff81203490>] vfs_write+0xc0/0x1f0
  [  599.271386]  [<ffffffff81203fbf>] SyS_write+0x7f/0xe0
  [  599.276438]  [<ffffffff816a4215>] system_call_fastpath+0x1c/0x21
  [  599.282437] Code: eb 9b 45 01 f4 45 39 65 34 75 e5 4c 89 ef e8 e2 f7 ff ff eb db 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 89 e5 c7 05 91 a4 60 00 01 00 00 00 0f ae f8 <c6> 04 25 00 00 00 00 01 5d c3 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 31 c0 c7 05 0e
  [  599.303521] RIP  [<ffffffff813f65c6>] sysrq_handle_crash+0x16/0x20
  [  599.310298]  RSP <ffff88046363be58>
  [  599.314358] CR2: 0000000000000000
  [    0.091992] [Firmware Bug]: the BIOS has corrupted hw-PMU resources (MSR 38d is b0)
  [    1.749060] i8042: No controller found
  [    1.786331] mce: Unable to init device /dev/mcelog (rc: -5)
  [    1.796477] Failed to execute /init
  [    1.799987] Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found.  Try passing init= option to kernel. See Linux Documentation/init.txt for guidance.  
  [    1.812373] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.10.0-514.44.1.el7.x86_64 #1
  [    1.820004] Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R740/01YM03, BIOS 2.2.11 06/13/2019
  [    1.827553] Call Trace:
  [    1.830003]  [<ffffffff81693260>] dump_stack+0x19/0x1b
  [    1.835129]  [<ffffffff8168c5a2>] panic+0xe3/0x204
  [    1.839911]  [<ffffffff8121424d>] ? putname+0x3d/0x60
  [    1.844947]  [<ffffffff81681520>] ? rest_init+0x80/0x80
  [    1.850161]  [<ffffffff81681602>] kernel_init+0xe2/0xf0
  [    1.855374]  [<ffffffff816a405d>] ret_from_fork+0x5d/0xb0
  [    1.860759]  [<ffffffff81681520>] ? rest_init+0x80/0x80
  [    1.905040] Rebooting in 10 seconds..