Hello, The Ubuntu Kernel Team has published this weeks newsletter, which is in the body of this email. It will also be published on the insights blog[0].
The Newsletter is published weekly. It contains highlights from the week, announcements regarding the development and stable kernels, as well as any other news the Kernel Team may have. Sincerely, The Ubuntu Kernel Team [0] https://insights.ubuntu.com/ Tues June 20, 2017 ------------------ 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: [email protected] Highlights ---------- * FWTS 17.06.00 released: * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirmwareTestSuite/ReleaseNotes/17.06.00 * Released stress-ng 0.08.05, new Real Time cyclic stressor and Real Time scheduling softlockup stressor. * Prepare 4.4.73 (Xenial) * Update artful/4.11 to v4.11.6 * The embargo for CVE-2017-1000364 [1] has expired and the fix was released for the following packages in the updates and security pockets: * Trusty - linux 3.13.0-121.170 - linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-81.104~14.04.1 * Xenial - linux 4.4.0-81.104 - linux-aws 4.4.0-1020.29 - linux-gke 4.4.0-1016.16 - linux-raspi2 4.4.0-1059.67 - linux-snapdragon 4.4.0-1061.66 - linux-hwe 4.8.0-56.61~16.04.1 - linux-hwe-edge 4.10.0-24.28~16.04.1 - linux-joule 4.4.0-1003.8 * Yakkety - linux 4.8.0-56.61 - linux-raspi2 4.8.0-1040.44 * Zesty - linux 4.10.0-24.28 - linux-raspi2 4.10.0-1008.11 Due to that, the proposed updates for the above packages being prepared on the current SRU cycle are being re-spun to include the fix. [1] CVE description: It was discovered that the stack guard page for processes in the Linux kernel was not sufficiently large enough to prevent overlapping with the heap. An attacker could leverage this with another vulnerability to execute arbitrary code and gain administrative privileges. Devel Kernel Announcements -------------------------- We intend to target a 4.13 kernel for the Ubuntu 17.10 release. The Ubuntu 17.10 Kernel Freeze is Thurs Oct 5, 2017. Stable Kernel Announcements --------------------------- Current cycle: 02-Jun through 24-Jun 02-Jun Last day for kernel commits for this cycle 05-Jun - 10-Jun Kernel prep week. 11-Jun - 23-Jun Bug verification & Regression testing.. 26-Jun Release to -updates. Next cycle: 23-Jun through 15-Jul 23-Jun Last day for kernel commits for this cycle 26-Jun - 01-Jul Kernel prep week. 02-Jul - 14-Jul Bug verification & Regression testing.. 17-Jul Release to -updates. Status: CVE's ------------- The current CVE status can be reviewed at the following: http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/ALL-linux.html -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
