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title: Weekly Kernel Development Summary – Aug 2, 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 Artful kernel in the archive has been rebased
  to 4.11.12. The Artful staging repository has been rebased to 4.12.4.  […]
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# Weekly Kernel Development Summary – Aug 2, 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 Artful kernel in the archive has been rebased to 4.11.12.
* The Artful staging repository has been rebased to 4.12.4.
* Work on 4.13 for Artful has been started and is currently tracking 4.13-rc3.

## Stable (Released & Supported)

The Xenial 6.04.3 Ubuntu LTS point release will release on Thursday, August 3rd. It will contain the Xenial 4.4.0-87.110 and Xenial-HWE 4.10.0-28.32-16.04.2 kernels.

* The Xenial HWE kernel has been updated and it is now based on the Zesty 4.10 kernel. The following linux-hwe versions are available as of now:

  ```
   updates/security: 4.10.0-28.32~16.04.2
   proposed:         4.10.0-29.33~16.04.1
  ```
* The following kernels were promoted to -proposed for testing:

  ```
   xenial             4.4.0-88.111
   xenial/raspi2      4.4.0-1066.74
   xenial/snapdragon  4.4.0-1068.73
   xenial/aws         4.4.0-1027.36
   xenial/gke         4.4.0-1023.23

   trusty/lts-xenial  4.4.0-88.111~14.04.1
  ```
* The following Xenial-based kernel snaps are available in the candidate and beta channels of the snap store:

  ```
   pc-kernel           4.4.0.87.93
   pi2-kernel          4.4.0.1065.66
   dragonboard-kernel  4.4.0.1067.60
  ```
* Current cycle: 14-July through 05-August

  ```
            14-Jul  Last day for kernel commits for this cycle.
   17-Jul - 22-Jul  Kernel prep week.
   23-Jul - 04-Aug  Bug verification & Regression testing.
            07-Aug  Release to -updates.
  ```
* Next 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.
  ```

## Misc

* 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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