2017-01-31
Tues January 31, 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
- Colin snapped up stress-ng 0.07.17 today, it contains fixes to the tlb-shootdown, fcntl, get, fifo, tsc, af-alg, vm-rw stressors and extra features to the resources stressor and a new tmpfs stressor.
Devel Kernel Announcements
We uploaded a newer v4.9 based Zesty kernel to the archive. It's based on the 4.9.6 upstream stable kernel.
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/4.9.0-16.17
Please test and let us know your results. We also have a preliminary rebase to v4.10 available in our unstable repo:
https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/unstable
We intend to upload a 4.10 based kernel to the archive shortly.
Stable Kernel Announcements
Current cycle: 27-Jan through 18-Feb ==================================================================== 27-Jan Last day for kernel commits for this cycle 30-Jan - 04-Feb Kernel prep week. 05-Feb - 17-Feb Bug verification & Regression testing.. 20-Feb Release to -updates. Kernel Versions ==================================================================== trusty 3.13.0-107.154 vivid 3.19.0-79.87 precise 3.2.0-120.163 xenial 4.4.0-58.79 yakkety 4.8.0-32.34 linux-lts-trusty 3.13.0-107.154~precise1 linux-lts-vivid 3.19.0-79.87~14.04.1 linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-58.79~14.04.1 Next cycle: 17-Feb through 11-Mar ==================================================================== 17-Feb Last day for kernel commits for this cycle 20-Feb - 25-Feb Kernel prep week. 26-Feb - 10-Mar Bug verification & Regression testing.. 13-Mar Release to -updates.
Status: CVE's
- The current CVE status can be reviewed at the following link:
KernelTeam/Newsletter/2017-01-31 (last edited 2017-02-02 15:59:07 by jsalisbury)