The disclosed computer-implemented method for system recovery from a system user interface process malfunction may include (i) determining that a system user interface (UI) process is executing on the computing device, (ii) determining that a message indicating a malfunction of the system UI process is displayed on the computing device, (iii) identifying a mobile application that was executing on the computing device at a time of the malfunction of the system UI process, and (iv) in response to identifying the mobile application that was executing at the time of the malfunction of the system UI process, performing a security action for recovery from the malfunction of the system UI process. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.