--- title: "Weekly Kernel Development Summary – Aug 9, 2017\n | Ubuntu" description: 'This is the Ubuntu Kernel Team highlights and status for the week. 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. Highlights Add virtualbox guest driver to artful 4.13 kernel Start work […]' url: https://ubuntu.com/blog/weekly-kernel-development-summary-aug-9-2017?format=md keywords: index, follow --- 1. [Blog](https://ubuntu.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://ubuntu.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") 9 August 2017 # Weekly Kernel Development Summary – Aug 9, 2017 --- Share the article This is the Ubuntu Kernel Team highlights and status for the week. 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. ## Highlights * Add virtualbox guest driver to artful 4.13 kernel * Start work on 4.12-based raspi2 kernel for artful * Added aufs driver to 4.13 artful kernel * Update 4.12 artful kernel to v4.12.5 * Rebase 4.13 artful kernel to v4.13-rc4 * Upload 4.11.0-12.18 to artful-proposed * Stress-ng 0.08.10 released; improvements on the dirdeep stressor and fixes on the job script parsing * intel-cmt-cat 1.1.0 released; (Intel Platform Quality of Service and Cache Allocation Technology tools) * The following SRU kernels have been promoted to -updates and -security: ``` Trusty 3.13.0-126.175 Xenial 4.4.0-89.112 Zesty 4.10.0-30.34 trusty/lts-xenial 4.4.0-89.112~14.04.1 xenial/hwe 4.10.0-30.34~16.04.1 xenial/raspi2 4.4.0-1067.75 xenial/snapdragon 4.4.0-1069.74 xenial/aws 4.4.0-1028.37 xenial/gke 4.4.0-1024.24 zesty/raspi2 4.10.0-1013.16 ``` + Embargoed CVE-2017-7533 has been made public and the fix released for all the affected kernels. + CVE’s fixed by the kernels published on -updates and -security: Trusty: + CVE-2017-1000364 + CVE-2017-7482 + CVE-2017-1000365 + CVE-2016-8405 + CVE-2017-2618 Xenial: + CVE-2017-7533 + CVE-2017-10810 Zesty: + CVE-2017-7533 + CVE-2017-1000364 + CVE-2017-7482 + CVE-2017-1000365 + CVE-2017-10810 + Two new kernel snaps are now being distributed: aws-kernel and gke-kernel. + The following kernel snaps have been uploaded to the snapcraft store: + aws-kernel 4.4.0.1028.31 + gke-kernel 4.4.0.1024.26 + pc-kernel 4.4.0.89.95 + pi2-kernel 4.4.0.1067.68 + dragonboard-kernel 4.4.0.1069.62 ## Development Kernel Announcements 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. ## Stable Kernel Announcements * Current 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. ``` * Next 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. ``` * [The current CVE status](http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/ALL-linux.html) [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. 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