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title: 'Kernel Team Summary: September 6, 2017'
description: 'Development (Artful / 17.10) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtfulAardvark/ReleaseSchedule
  Important upcoming dates: Final Beta – Sept 28 (~3 weeks away) Kernel Freeze – Oct
  5 (~4 weeks away) Final Freeze – Oct 12 (~5 weeks away) Ubuntu 17.10 – Oct 19 (~6
  weeks away) We intend to target a 4.13 kernel for the Ubuntu 17.10 release. The
  Artful kern […]'
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# Kernel Team Summary: September 6, 2017

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## Development (Artful / 17.10)

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

Important upcoming dates:

```

      Final Beta - Sept 28 (~3 weeks away)
      Kernel Freeze - Oct 5 (~4 weeks away)
      Final Freeze - Oct 12 (~5 weeks away)
      Ubuntu 17.10 - Oct 19 (~6 weeks away)
```

We intend to target a 4.13 kernel for the Ubuntu 17.10 release. The Artful kernel is currently based on Linux 4.12.10. The Artful staging kernel repository has been updated to 4.13 final. As a reminder, the Ubuntu 17.10 Kernel Freeze is Thurs Oct 5, 2017.

## Stable (Released & Supported)

* The following kernels were promoted to -proposed for testing:

  ```

    zesty   4.10.0-34.38
    xenial  4.4.0-94.117
    trusty  3.13.0-130.179

    zesty/raspi2       4.10.0-1017.20
    xenial/raspi2      4.4.0-1072.80
    xenial/snapdragon  4.4.0-1074.79
    xenial/aws         4.4.0-1033.42
    xenial/gke         4.4.0-1029.29
    xenial/gcp         4.10.0-1005.5
    xenial/hwe         4.10.0-34.38~16.04.1
    trusty/lts-xenial  4.4.0-94.117~14.04.1
  ```
* Current 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.

  ```
* Next cycle: 15-Sep through 07-Oct

  ```

             15-Sep  Last day for kernel commits for this cycle.
    18-Sep - 23-Sep  Kernel prep week.
    24-Sep - 06-Oct  Bug verification & Regression testing.
             09-Oct  Release to -updates.
  ```

### Misc

* [The Canonical Kernel Team is Hiring!](https://ldd.tbe.taleo.net/ldd03/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=CANONICAL&cws=1&rid=1280)
* [FWTS V17.08.00 is available](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirmwareTestSuite/ReleaseNotes/17.08.00)
  The latest fwts release contains one of the largest change sets, plus lots of changes from community.
* stress-ng V0.08.13 released, includes a new socket diagnostics stressor
* [Blog Post: Static analysis on the Linux kernel](http://smackerelofopinion.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/static-analysis-on-linux-kernel.html)
* [The current CVE status](http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/ALL-linux.html)
* 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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