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Tues June 06, 2017

Introduction

This newsletter is to provide a status update from the Ubuntu Kernel Team. There will also be highlights provided for any interesting subjects the team may be working on.

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

• Canonical Kernel Livepatch Service now available for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

  • https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/06/06/canonical-kernel-livepatch-service-now-available-for-ubuntu-14-04-lts

• Simple Job Scripting now in stress-ng 0.08.00.

  • http://smackerelofopinion.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/simple-job-scripting-in-stress-ng-00800.html

• Microsoft is using stress-ng for their Windows Subsystem for Linux shim.

  • https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/wsl/2017/04/11/testing-the-windows-subsystem-for-linux

• Xen security update released on Zesty, Yakkety, Xenial, and Trusty
• 4.11.0-5.10 in artful-proposed
• Unstable updated to 4.12-rc4
• canonical-kernel-team/proposed PPA available for testing artful proposed kernels
• Refreshed bcc snap on latest bcc tip (pulls in a bunch of bug fixes)
• Preparation of 4.4.70 upstream stable kernel update for Xenial
• CVE's fixed in latest Xenial SRU
  • CVE-2016-7913
  • CVE-2016-7917
  • CVE-2016-8632
  • CVE-2016-9083
  • CVE-2016-9084
  • CVE-2016-9120
  • CVE-2016-9604
  • CVE-2017-2596
  • CVE-2017-2671
  • CVE-2017-6001
  • CVE-2017-7472
  • CVE-2017-7618
  • CVE-2017-7645
  • CVE-2017-7889
  • CVE-2017-7895
  • CVE-2017-8061
  • CVE-2017-8064
  • CVE-2017-8067
  • CVE-2017-8068
  • CVE-2017-8069
  • CVE-2017-8070

Devel Kernel Announcements

Version 4.11 is now in artful-proposed. We have a new ppa to make testing easier:

• ppa:canonical-kernel-team/proposed

Stable Kernel Announcements

Current cycle: 02-Jun through 24-Jun
====================================================================
         02-Jun   Last day for kernel commits for this cycle
05-Jun - 10-Jun   Kernel prep week.
11-Jun - 23-Jun   Bug verification & Regression testing..
         26-Jun   Release to -updates.

Kernel Versions
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         precise  3.2.0-126.169
          trusty  3.13.0-119.166
           vivid  3.19.0-84.92
          xenial  4.4.0-78.99
         yakkety  4.8.0-53.56

linux-lts-trusty  3.13.0-117.164~precise1
 linux-lts-vivid  3.19.0-80.88~14.04.1
linux-lts-xenial  4.4.0-78.99~14.04.1


Next cycle: 23-Jun through 15-Jul
====================================================================
         23-Jun   Last day for kernel commits for this cycle
26-Jun - 01-Jul   Kernel prep week.
02-Jul - 14-Jul   Bug verification & Regression testing..
         17-Jul   Release to -updates.

Status: CVE's

• The current CVE status can be reviewed at the following link:

  http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/ALL-linux.html