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Tues November 29, 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

• Released stress-ng 0.07.07 - more details at

  • http://smackerelofopinion.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/stress-ng-00707-released.html

Devel Kernel Announcements

We uploaded a newer v4.9 based Zesty kernel to the archive:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/4.9.0-3.4

It is currently based on v4.9-rc7. Please test and let us know your results. We anticipate we'll eventually converge on a v4.10 based kernel for Zesty.

Stable Kernel Announcements

Current cycle: 25-Nov through 17-Dec
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         25-Nov   Last day for kernel commits for this cycle
28-Nov - 03-Dec   Kernel prep week.
04-Dec - 16-Dec   Bug verification & Regression testing..
         19-Dec   Release to -updates.

Kernel Versions
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          trusty  3.13.0-103.150
           vivid  3.19.0-75.83
         precise  3.2.0-116.158
          xenial  4.4.0-51.72
         yakkety  4.8.0-28.30

linux-lts-trusty  3.13.0-103.150~precise1
 linux-lts-vivid  3.19.0-75.83~14.04.1
linux-lts-xenial  4.4.0-51.72~14.04.1


Next cycle: 16-Dec through 07-Jan
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         16-Dec   Last day for kernel commits for this cycle
19-Dec - 24-Dec   Kernel prep week.
25-Dec - 06-Jan   Bug verification & Regression testing..
         09-Jan   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