I can replicate when doing virt-install using "http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial-updates/main/installer-amd64/" as --location. I can confirm that adding "d-i base-installer/kernel/image string linux-image-4.4.0-142-generic" to the preseed is a workaround for the time being.
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