kernel panic!

Is it true that only kernel drivers and modules can cause a "kernel panic"?

I mean, is it possible for an user level application to be the cause of a "kernel panic"? If it is, which kind of operations can do that?

Thanks in advance

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Sauro Salomoni

Ztec
www.ztec.com.br

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