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title: Kernel Team Summary – October 18th, 2017
description: 'Development (Artful / 17.10) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtfulAardvark/ReleaseSchedule
  Important upcoming dates: Ubuntu 17.10 Release – Oct 19 (~1 days 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
  &  […]'
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18 October 2017

# Kernel Team Summary – October 18th, 2017

[17.10](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/17-10)
[Artful Aardvark](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/artful-aardvark)
[kernel](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/kernel)
[Trusty Tahr](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/trusty-tahr)
[Xenial Xerus](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/xenial-xerus)

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## Development (Artful / 17.10)

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

Important upcoming dates:

```
      Ubuntu 17.10 Release - Oct 19 (~1 days 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)

* The updated kernel packages for the current SRU cycle are now in -proposed ready for verification and tests.

# Kernel versions in -proposed:

```
      trusty                   3.13.0-134.183
      trusty/linux-lts-xenial  4.4.0-98.121~14.04.1

```
  xenial                   4.4.0-98.121
  xenial/linux-hwe         4.10.0-38.42~16.04.1

  zesty                    4.10.0-38.42
```

* 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.
  ```
* 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: kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com.
```

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