Although your previous kernel works that may be related to the initramfs contents which for encrypted root contains a lot of additional packages. It is possible that if you rebuilt your working kernels initrd with the current packages it would also stop working; of course if this is your only kernel trying this would be dangerous.
Although your previous kernel works that may be related to the initramfs contents which for encrypted root contains a lot of additional packages. It is possible that if you rebuilt your working kernels initrd with the current packages it would also stop working; of course if this is your only kernel trying this would be dangerous.