--- title: 'Kernel Team Summary: November 7, 2017' description: "\uFEFFOctober 24 through November 06 Development (18.04) Every 6 months\ \ the Ubuntu Kernel Team is tasked to pick the kernel to be used in the next release.\ \ This is a difficult thing to do because we don’t definitively know what will be\ \ going into the upstream kernel over the next 6 months nor the quality […]" url: https://canonical.com/blog/kernel-team-summary-november-7-2017?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") 8 November 2017 # Kernel Team Summary: November 7, 2017 [18.04](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/18-04) [Artful Aardvark](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/artful-aardvark) [Bionic Beaver](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/bionic-beaver) [kernel](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/kernel) [Public cloud](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/public-cloud) --- Share the article ## October 24 through November 06 ## Development (18.04) Every 6 months the Ubuntu Kernel Team is tasked to pick the kernel to be used in the next release. This is a difficult thing to do because we don’t definitively know what will be going into the upstream kernel over the next 6 months nor the quality of that kernel. We look at the Ubuntu release schedule and how that will line up with the upstream kernel releases. We talk to hardware vendors about when they will be landing their changes upstream and what they would prefer as the Ubuntu kernel version. We talk to major cloud vendors and ask them what they would like. We speak to large consumers of Ubuntu to solicit their opinion. We look at what will be the next upstream stable kernel. We get input from members of the Canonical product strategy team. Taking all of that into account we are tentatively planning to converge on 4.15 for the Bionic Beaver 18.04 LTS release. On the road to 18.04 we have a 4.14 based kernel in the kernel team’s unstable ppa. ## Stable (Released & Supported) * SRU cycle completed successfully and the following kernel updates have been released to the -updates pocket: ``` trusty 3.13.0-135.184 trusty/lts-xenial 4.4.0-98.121~14.04.1 xenial 4.4.0-98.121 xenial/snapdragon 4.4.0-1078.83 xenial/raspi2 4.4.0-1076.84 xenial/aws 4.4.0-1039.48 xenial/gke 4.4.0-1033.33 xenial/gcp 4.10.0-1008.8 xenial/azure 4.11.0-1014.14 xenial/kvm 4.4.0-1009.14 xenial/hwe 4.10.0-38.42~16.04.1 xenial/hwe-edge 4.13.0-16.19~16.04.3 zesty 4.10.0-35.39 zesty/raspi2 4.10.0-1020.23 ``` * The following kernels snaps updates have been released on the snap store: ``` gke-kernel 4.4.0.1033.34 gcp-kernel 4.10.0.1008.10 aws-kernel 4.4.0.1039.41 dragonboard-kernel 4.4.0.1078.70 pi2-kernel 4.4.0.1076.76 pc-kernel 4.4.0.98.103 ``` * Artful Aardvark (Ubuntu 17.10) has been released and its kernel packages are now in SRU. * The updated kernel packages for the next SRU cycle are now in -proposed pocket ready for verification and tests. # Kernel versions in -proposed: ``` trusty/linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-100.123~14.04.1 ``` xenial 4.4.0-100.123 xenial/linux-hwe 4.10.0-39.43~16.04.1 xenial/linux-hwe-edge 4.13.0-17.20~16.04.1 zesty 4.10.0-39.43 artful 4.13.0-17.20 ``` * Current 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. ``` * Next cycle: 17-Nov through 09-Dec ``` 17-Nov Last day for kernel commits for this cycle. 20-Nov - 25-Nov Kernel prep week. 26-Nov - 08-Dec Bug verification & Regression testing. 11-Dec Release to -updates. ``` ### Misc * New release of stress-ng, V0.09.02 (porting and bug fix release). * 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. ``` ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Ubuntu worker nodes for OKE now in Limited Availability](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-worker-nodes-for-oracle-oke-now-in-limited-availability) Oracle Kubernetes Engine now supports Ubuntu images for worker nodes natively, with no need for custom images 8 October 2025 – Today Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu,... 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