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title: 'Kernel Team Summary: August 23, 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 4.12. The Ubuntu 17.10
  Kernel Freeze is Thurs Oct 5, 2017. The 4.12 kernel is available in the archive
  for Artful 17.10. It is based on upstream v4.12.8. The Artful staging  […]
url: https://canonical.com/blog/kernel-team-summary-august-23-2017
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# Kernel Team Summary: August 23, 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 4.12. The Ubuntu 17.10 Kernel Freeze is Thurs Oct 5, 2017.

* The 4.12 kernel is available in the archive for Artful 17.10. It is based on upstream v4.12.8.
* The Artful staging kernel repository has been updated to 4.13-rc5.
* Xen has been updated to 4.9 in Artful this week.

## Stable (Released & Supported)

* The following kernel snaps have been uploaded to the snapcraft store:

  ```

    aws-kernel          4.4.0.1031.33
    dragonboard-kernel  4.4.0.1072.64
    gke-kernel          4.4.0.1027.28
    pc-kernel           4.4.0.92.97
    pi2-kernel          4.4.0.1070.70
  ```
* 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

* Released stress-ng 0.08.11 (new inode flag stressor and minor fixes).
* 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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