How to cause kernel panic with a single command?

FreeBSD:

sysctl debug.kdb.panic=1

Linux (more info in the kernel documentation):

echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger

mkdir /tmp/kpanic && cd /tmp/kpanic && printf '#include <linux/kernel.h>\n#include <linux/module.h>\nMODULE_LICENSE("GPL");static int8_t* message = "buffer overrun at 0x4ba4c73e73acce54";int init_module(void){panic(message);return 0;}' > kpanic.c && printf 'obj-m += kpanic.o\nall:\n\tmake -C /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build M=$(PWD) modules' > Makefile && make && insmod kpanic.ko

Compiles a module that crashes the kernel by calling the panic function, needs root, requires make and gcc

Replace the "buffer overrun at 0x4ba4c73e73acce54" in the command with something interesting for more drama.

The kernel is meant to keep running no matter what. So any way to cause a kernel panic by user interaction (other than deliberate vandalism by all-powerful root, like Bruce Ediger jokingly proposes, and most kernels today are built so most of those pranks won't work in the first place) is an extremely serious bug, that would get fixed fast.