Kernel Team Summary – September 20, 2017

September 13 through September 18

Development (Artful / 17.10)

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtfulAardvark/ReleaseSchedule

Important upcoming dates:

      Final Beta - Sept 28 (~1 week away)
      Kernel Freeze - Oct 5 (~2 weeks away)
      Final Freeze - Oct 12 (~3 weeks away)
      Ubuntu 17.10 - Oct 19 (~4 weeks away)
   

We intend to target a 4.13 kernel for the Ubuntu 17.10 release. A 4.13.1 based kernel is available for testing from the artful-proposed pocket of the Ubuntu archive. As a reminder, the Ubuntu 17.10 Kernel Freeze is Thurs Oct 5, 2017.

Stable (Released & Supported)

• All kernels have been re-spun to include a fix for high priority CVE-2017-1000251.

• SRU cycle completed successfully and the following kernel updates have been released:

    trusty             3.13.0-132.181
    trusty/lts-xenial  4.4.0-96.119~14.04.1
    xenial             4.4.0-96.119
    xenial/snapdargon  4.4.0-1076.81
    xenial/raspi2      4.4.0-1074.82
    xenial/aws         4.4.0-1035.44
    xenial/gke         4.4.0-1031.31
    xenial/gcp         4.10.0-1006.6
    zesty              4.10.0-35.39
    zesty/raspi2       4.10.0-1018.21
  

  • The following kernel snap updates have been released in the snap store:

    gke-kernel          4.4.0.1031.32
    aws-kernel          4.4.0.1035.37
    dragonboard-kernel  4.4.0.1076.68
    pi2-kernel          4.4.0.1074.74
    pc-kernel           4.4.0.96.101
    

• Current cycle: 15-Sep through 07-Oct

             15-Sep  Last day for kernel commits for this cycle.
    18-Sep - 23-Sep  Kernel prep week.
    24-Sep - 06-Oct  Bug verification & Regression testing.
             09-Oct  Release to -updates.
  

• Next cycle: 06-Oct through 28-Oct

  
         06-Oct  Last day for kernel commits for this cycle.
  
    09-Oct - 14-Oct  Kernel prep week.
  
    15-Oct - 27-Oct  Bug verification & Regression testing.
  
             30-Oct  Release to -updates.
  

Misc

• The Canonical Kernel Team is Hiring!
• The current CVE status
• If you would like to reach the kernel team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-kernel
  channel on FreeNode. Alternatively, you can mail the Ubuntu Kernel Team mailing
  list at: kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com.