--- title: Kernel Team Summary – September 13, 2017 description: "\uFEFFSeptember 05 through September 12 Development (Artful / 17.10)\ \ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtfulAardvark/ReleaseSchedule Important upcoming dates:\ \ Final Beta – Sept 28 (~2 weeks away) Kernel Freeze – Oct 5 (~3 weeks away) Final\ \ Freeze – Oct 12 (~4 weeks away) Ubuntu 17.10 – Oct 19 (~5 weeks away) We intend\ \ to target a 4.13 kernel for the Ub […]" url: https://ubuntu.com/blog/kernel-team-summary-september-13-2017 --- 1. [Blog](https://ubuntu.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://ubuntu.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") 13 September 2017 # Kernel Team Summary – September 13, 2017 --- Share the article ## September 05 through September 12 ## Development (Artful / 17.10) Important upcoming dates: ``` Final Beta - Sept 28 (~2 weeks away) Kernel Freeze - Oct 5 (~3 weeks away) Final Freeze - Oct 12 (~4 weeks away) Ubuntu 17.10 - Oct 19 (~5 weeks away) ``` We intend to target a 4.13 kernel for the Ubuntu 17.10 release. A 4.13 based kernel is available for testing from the artful-proposed pocket of the Ubuntu archive. As a reminder, the Ubuntu 17.10 Kernel Freeze is Thurs Oct 5, 2017. ## Stable (Released & Supported) * The Xenial kernel and it’s derivatives were re-spun to address “Xenial update to 4.4.78 stable release broke Address Sanitizer”. * The following kernels were promoted to -proposed for testing: ``` zesty 4.10.0-34.38 xenial 4.4.0-95.118 trusty 3.13.0-131.180 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) * stress-ng V0.08.14 released. New features: “random text” zlib compression mode, a CPU branch prediction stressor, an extra kcmp KCMP*EPOLL*TFD stress mode, and increased functionality in the resource stressor. * [Running Ubuntu Containers with Hyper-V Isolation on Windows](https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/09/13/running-ubuntu-containers-with-hyper-v-isolation/) * [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. [Get in touch Interested in running Ubuntu in your organization?](https://ubuntu.com/about/contact-us/form) ## Newsletter signup Get the latest Ubuntu news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. In submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Notice](https://canonical.com/legal/data-privacy/contact) and [Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/data-privacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### What’s new in security for Ubuntu 26.10?](https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-26-10-security) Ubuntu 26.10 “Stonking Stingray” arrives at a time when AI tools are accelerating vulnerability discovery. Patching faster is essential, but the resilience of the underlying... [Ijlal Loutfi](https://ubuntu.com/blog/author/ijlal-loutfi) 6 October 2026 [### Devpack for Rust: Zero to Rust in seconds](https://ubuntu.com/blog/devpack-for-rust-support) One of the best things about Rust is how easy it is to get started. It takes just a second to snap install rustup; rustup default stable, and from there you have a whole... [Petrichor Park](https://ubuntu.com/blog/author/petrakat) 5 October 2026 [### Confidential computing in the real world: finding your use case](https://ubuntu.com/blog/confidential-computing-use-cases) Confidential computing is essential when an organization needs to process sensitive data on infrastructure where the operators should not have access to it. You might have seen... [Ijlal Loutfi](https://ubuntu.com/blog/author/ijlal-loutfi) 2 October 2026 [### Android™ belongs in your CI/CD pipeline](https://ubuntu.com/blog/android-belongs-in-your-ci-cd-pipeline) How on-demand Android environments turn validation into a repeatable pipeline stage In the first article, we looked at automation: how Android environments can be created and... [Bertrand Boisseau](https://ubuntu.com/blog/author/bboisseau) 1 October 2026