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Tues Jan 26, 2016

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

• Kamal has released 4.2.8-ckt2 stable
• Kamal has released 3.19.8-ckt13 stable
• The 4.4 kernel has been uploaded into Xenial proposed.
  • The full changelog about all bug fixes contained in this upload can be found at:

    https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/+source/linux/4.4.0-1.15

Devel Kernel Announcements

Our xenial master-next branch has been re-based to the v4.4 kernel. This kernel has been uploaded and is currently sitting in -proposed while we fix up some ADT test failures. We hope for this kernel to be promoted before the end of this week.

Stable Kernel Announcements

Current cycle: 10-Jan through 30-Jan
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         08-Jan   Last day for kernel commits for this cycle
10-Jan - 16-Jan   Kernel prep week.
17-Jan - 23-Jan   Bug verification & Regression testing.
24-Jan - 30-Jan   Regression testing & Release to -updates.

Kernel Versions
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   precise  3.2.0-97.137
    trusty  3.13.0-76.120
     vivid  3.19.0-47.53
      wily  4.2.0-25.30

lts-trusty  3.13.0-76.120~precise1
lts-utopic  3.16.0-59.79~14.04.1
lts-vivid   3.19.0-47.53~14.04.1
lts-wily    4.2.0-25.30~14.04.1 
 
Next cycle: 29-Jan through 20-Feb
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         29-Jan   Last day for kernel commits for this cycle
31-Jan - 06-Feb   Kernel prep week.
07-Feb - 13-Feb   Bug verification & Regression testing.
14-Feb - 20-Feb   Regression testing & Release to -updates.

Status: CVE's

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

  http://kernel.ubuntu.com/reports/kernel-cves.html