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0009338Kali LinuxKali Package Bugpublic2025-10-08 02:222026-07-01 12:53
Reporterjnbd Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status closedResolutionopen 
Summary0009338: Kernel 6.16.8 fails to boot on Raptor Lake (Intel i9-14900KF, MSI Z790) – ahci/xhci error -12, drops to initramfs
Description

Hardware:

  • Motherboard: MSI MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI (MS-7D91)
  • CPU: Intel i9-14900KF
  • RAM: 64 GB DDR5
  • GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti
  • Disk: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB (SATA), Corsair MP600 NVMe
  • Chipset: Intel Raptor Lake (Z790)

Controllers:

  • Intel Raptor Lake SATA AHCI Controller [8086:7a62]
  • Intel Raptor Lake USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 XHCI Host Controller [8086:7a60]
  • Intel Ethernet Controller I226-V [8086:125c]

Issue:
Upgrading from linux-image-6.12.38+kali-amd64 to linux-image-6.16.8+kali-amd64 causes boot failure.

Symptoms on 6.16.8:

  • Boot log shows:
    ahci ... failed to start port (errno=-12)
    xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: init failed, error -12
  • Dropped to initramfs, but USB keyboard not working at that point.
  • GRUB menu still works (disk visible to firmware).
  • System is unbootable with 6.16.8.

Workaround:

  • Booting into older kernel 6.12.38+kali-amd64 works fine on the same hardware.
  • Verified disk is healthy (SMART and fsck clean).
  • Issue is 100% reproducible.

Conclusion:
This looks like a regression in the kernel between 6.12 and 6.16, affecting Raptor Lake SATA/USB initialization.

Please advise if additional logs (dmesg with debug, journalctl, etc.) would be useful.

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kali-bugreport

kali-bugreport

2025-10-08 21:48

reporter   ~0020864

Sounds more like something you should report to the Kernel devs.
g0tmi1k

g0tmi1k

2026-07-01 12:53

administrator   ~0021819

This report has been filed against an old version of Kali. We will be closing this ticket due to inactivity.

Please could you see if you are able to replicate this issue with the latest version of Kali Linux (https://www.kali.org/get-kali/)?

If you are still facing the same problem, feel free to re-open the ticket. If you choose to do this, could you provide more information to the issue you are facing, and also give information about your setup?
For more information, please read: https://www.kali.org/docs/community/submitting-issues-kali-bug-tracker/

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2025-10-08 02:22 jnbd New Issue
2025-10-08 21:48 kali-bugreport Note Added: 0020864
2026-07-01 12:53 g0tmi1k Note Added: 0021819
2026-07-01 12:53 g0tmi1k Status new => closed