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Tues April 12, 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 released v3.13.11-ckt38 stable

Devel Kernel Announcements

Our Xenial kernel remains based on the latest v4.4.6 stable release and is available for testing in the archive, ie linux-4.4.0-18.34. Please test and let us know your results. We are also past kernel freeze for Xenial. All patches are now subject to SRU policy. Thanks!

Stable Kernel Announcements

Current cycle: 01-Apr through 23-Apr
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         01-Apr   Last day for kernel commits for this cycle
03-Apr - 09-Apr   Kernel prep week.
10-Apr - 16-Apr   Bug verification & Regression testing.
17-Apr - 23-Apr   Regression testing & Release to -updates.

Note: April 21 is release day

Kernel Versions
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   precise  3.2.0-101.141
    trusty  3.13.0-85.129
     vivid  3.19.0-58.64
      wily  4.2.0-35.40

lts-trusty  3.13.0-84.128~precise1
lts-utopic  3.16.0-69.89~14.04.1
lts-vivid   3.19.0-56.62~14.04.1
lts-wily    4.2.0-35.40~14.04.1
lts-xenial  4.4.0-14.30~14.04.2

Next cycle: 22-Apr through 14-May
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         22-Apr   Last day for kernel commits for this cycle
24-Apr - 30-Apr   Kernel prep week.
01-May - 07-May   Bug verification & Regression testing.
08-May - 14-May   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