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title: Kernel Team Summary- August 16, 2017
description: Development (Artful / 17.10) We intend to target a 4.13 kernel for the
  Ubuntu 17.10 release. The artful kernel is now based on Linux 4.11. The Ubuntu 17.10
  Kernel Freeze is Thurs Oct 5, 2017. The kernel in the artful-proposed pocket of
  the Ubuntu archive has been updated to v4.12.7 The kernel in the Artful  […]
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# Kernel Team Summary- August 16, 2017

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## Development (Artful / 17.10)

We intend to target a 4.13 kernel for the Ubuntu 17.10 release. The artful kernel is now based on Linux 4.11. The Ubuntu 17.10 Kernel Freeze is Thurs Oct 5, 2017.

* The kernel in the artful-proposed pocket of the Ubuntu archive has been updated to v4.12.7
* The kernel in the Artful staging repository has been updated to v4.13-rc5

## Stable (Released & Supported)

* Embargoed CVEs CVE-2017-1000111 and CVE-2017-1000112 have been made public and the fixes released for all the affected kernels (including their derivatives and rebases):

  ```

   trusty    3.13.0-128.177
   xenial    4.4.0-91.114
   zesty     4.10.0-32.36
  ```
* The Xenial and Xenial-based kernels have been re-spun to fix a regression with OpenStack (LP: #1709032) and the following packages are on the way of getting promoted to -updates:

  ```

   xenial            4.4.0-92.115
   xenial/raspi2     4.4.0-1070.78
   xenial/snapdragon 4.4.0-1072.77
   xenial/aws        4.4.0-1031.40
   xenial/gke        4.4.0-1027.27
   trusty/lts-xenial 4.4.0-92.115~14.04.1
  ```
* Current cycle: 04-Aug through 26-Aug

  ```

            04-Aug  Last day for kernel commits for this cycle.
   07-Aug - 12-Aug  Kernel prep week.
   13-Aug - 25-Aug  Bug verification & Regression testing.
            28-Aug  Release to -updates.
  ```
* Next cycle: 25-Aug through 16-Sep

  ```

            25-Aug  Last day for kernel commits for this cycle.
   28-Aug - 02-Sep  Kernel prep week.
   03-Sep - 15-Sep  Bug verification & Regression testing.
            18-Sep  Release to -updates.
  ```

### Misc

* eventstat 0.04.00 for 17.10 has been released. This now uses kernel trace events rather than the deprecated /proc/timer\_stat interface.
* 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.
* [The current CVE status](http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/ALL-linux.html)

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