Canonical
on 11 October 2017
Kernel Team Summary- October 11, 2017
October 04 through October 09
Development (Artful / 17.10)
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtfulAardvark/ReleaseSchedule
Important upcoming dates:
Final Freeze - Oct 12 (~2 days away) Ubuntu 17.10 - Oct 19 (~1 week away)
We intend to target a 4.13 kernel for the Ubuntu 17.10 release. A 4.13.4 based kernel is available for testing from the artful-proposed pocket of the Ubuntu archive.
Stable (Released & Supported)
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Released the following security kernel updates to fix embargoed CVE-2017-1000255:
Zesty linux 4.10.0-37.41 Xenial linux-hwe 4.10.0-37.41~16.04.1
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Current 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.
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Next cycle: 27-Oct through 18-Nov
27-Oct Last day for kernel commits for this cycle. 30-Oct - 04-Nov Kernel prep week. 05-Nov - 17-Nov Bug verification & Regression testing. 20-Nov Release to -updates.
Misc
- 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: [email protected].