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@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ Release 4.0 (kirkstone)
    release-notes-4.0.15
    release-notes-4.0.16
    release-notes-4.0.17
+   release-notes-4.0.18
diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-4.0.18.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-4.0.18.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-2.0-UK
+
+Release notes for Yocto-4.0.18 (Kirkstone)
+------------------------------------------
+
+Security Fixes in Yocto-4.0.18
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  curl: Fix :cve:`2024-2398`
+-  expat: fix :cve:`2023-52426` and :cve:`2024-28757`
+-  libssh2: fix :cve:`2023-48795`
+-  ncurses: Fix :cve:`2023-50495`
+-  nghttp2: Fix :cve:`2024-28182` and :cve:`2023-44487`
+-  openssh: Ignore :cve:`2023-51767`
+-  openssl: Fix :cve:`2024-2511`
+-  perl: Ignore :cve:`2023-47100`
+-  python3-cryptography: Fix :cve:`2024-26130`
+-  python3-urllib3: Fix :cve:`2023-45803`
+-  qemu: Fix :cve:`2023-6683`
+-  ruby: fix :cve_mitre:`2024-27281`
+-  rust: Ignore :cve:`2024-24576`
+-  tiff: Fix :cve:`2023-52356` and :cve:`2023-6277`
+-  xserver-xorg: Fix :cve:`2024-31080` and :cve:`2024-31081`
+-  xwayland: Fix :cve:`2023-6816`, :cve:`2024-0408` and :cve:`2024-0409`
+
+
+Fixes in Yocto-4.0.18
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  build-appliance-image: Update to kirkstone head revision
+-  common-licenses: Backport missing license
+-  contributor-guide: add notes for tests
+-  contributor-guide: be more specific about meta-* trees
+-  cups: fix typo in :cve:`2023-32360` backport patch
+-  cve-update-nvd2-native: Add an age threshold for incremental update
+-  cve-update-nvd2-native: Fix CVE configuration update
+-  cve-update-nvd2-native: Fix typo in comment
+-  cve-update-nvd2-native: Remove duplicated CVE_CHECK_DB_FILE definition
+-  cve-update-nvd2-native: Remove rejected CVE from database
+-  cve-update-nvd2-native: nvd_request_next: Improve comment
+-  dev-manual: improve descriptions of 'bitbake -S printdiff'
+-  dev-manual: packages: fix capitalization
+-  docs: conf.py: properly escape backslashes for latex_elements
+-  gcc: Backport sanitizer fix for 32-bit ALSR
+-  glibc: Fix subscript typos for get_nscd_addresses
+-  kernel-dev: join mkdir commands with -p
+-  linux-firmware: Upgrade to 20240220
+-  manuals: add initial sphinx-lint support
+-  manuals: add initial stylechecks with Vale
+-  manuals: document VIRTUAL-RUNTIME variables
+-  manuals: fix duplicate "stylecheck" target
+-  manuals: fix incorrect double backticks
+-  manuals: fix trailing spaces
+-  manuals: refer to new yocto-patches mailing list wherever appropriate
+-  manuals: remove tab characters
+-  manuals: replace hyphens with em dashes
+-  manuals: use "manual page(s)"
+-  migration-guides: add release notes for 4.0.17
+-  poky.conf: bump version for 4.0.18
+-  profile-manual: usage.rst: fix reference to bug report
+-  profile-manual: usage.rst: formatting fixes
+-  profile-manual: usage.rst: further style improvements
+-  python3-urllib3: Upgrade to v1.26.18
+-  ref-manual: add documentation of the variable :term:`SPDX_NAMESPACE_PREFIX`
+-  ref-manual: tasks: do_cleanall: recommend using '-f' instead
+-  ref-manual: tasks: do_cleansstate: recommend using '-f' instead for a shared sstate
+-  ref-manual: variables: adding multiple groups in :term:`GROUPADD_PARAM`
+-  ref-manual: variables: correct sdk installation default path
+-  stress-ng: avoid calling sync during do_compile
+-  systemd: Fix vlan qos mapping
+-  tcl: Add a way to skip ptests
+-  tcl: skip async and event tests in run-ptest
+-  tcl: skip timing-dependent tests in run-ptest
+-  valgrind: skip intermittently failing ptest
+-  wireless-regdb: Upgrade to 2024.01.23
+-  yocto-uninative: Update to 4.4 for glibc 2.39
+
+
+Known Issues in Yocto-4.0.18
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- N/A
+
+
+Contributors to Yocto-4.0.18
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Alex Kiernan
+-  Alex Stewart
+-  Alexander Kanavin
+-  BELOUARGA Mohamed
+-  Claus Stovgaard
+-  Colin McAllister
+-  Geoff Parker
+-  Haitao Liu
+-  Harish Sadineni
+-  Johan Bezem
+-  Jonathan GUILLOT
+-  Jörg Sommer
+-  Khem Raj
+-  Lee Chee Yang
+-  Luca Ceresoli
+-  Martin Jansa
+-  Meenali Gupta
+-  Michael Halstead
+-  Michael Opdenacker
+-  Peter Marko
+-  Quentin Schulz
+-  Ross Burton
+-  Sana Kazi
+-  Simone Weiß
+-  Soumya Sambu
+-  Steve Sakoman
+-  Tan Wen Yan
+-  Vijay Anusuri
+-  Wang Mingyu
+-  Yoann Congal
+-  Yogita Urade
+-  Zahir Hussain
+
+
+Repositories / Downloads for Yocto-4.0.18
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+poky
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/poky`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`kirkstone </poky/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-4.0.18 </poky/log/?h=yocto-4.0.18>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`31751bba1c789f15f574773a659b8017d7bcf440 </poky/commit/?id=31751bba1c789f15f574773a659b8017d7bcf440>`
+-  Release Artefact: poky-31751bba1c789f15f574773a659b8017d7bcf440
+-  sha: 72d5aa65c3c37766ebc24b212740272c1d52342468548f9c070241d3522ad2ca
+-  Download Locations:
+   http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.18/poky-31751bba1c789f15f574773a659b8017d7bcf440.tar.bz2
+   http://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.18/poky-31751bba1c789f15f574773a659b8017d7bcf440.tar.bz2
+
+openembedded-core
+
+-  Repository Location: :oe_git:`/openembedded-core`
+-  Branch: :oe_git:`kirkstone </openembedded-core/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag:  :oe_git:`yocto-4.0.18 </openembedded-core/log/?h=yocto-4.0.18>`
+-  Git Revision: :oe_git:`b7182571242dc4e23e5250a449d90348e62a6abc </openembedded-core/commit/?id=b7182571242dc4e23e5250a449d90348e62a6abc>`
+-  Release Artefact: oecore-b7182571242dc4e23e5250a449d90348e62a6abc
+-  sha: 6f257e50c10ebae673dcf61a833b3270db6d22781f02f6794a370aac839f1020
+-  Download Locations:
+   http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.18/oecore-b7182571242dc4e23e5250a449d90348e62a6abc.tar.bz2
+   http://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.18/oecore-b7182571242dc4e23e5250a449d90348e62a6abc.tar.bz2
+
+meta-mingw
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/meta-mingw`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`kirkstone </meta-mingw/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-4.0.18 </meta-mingw/log/?h=yocto-4.0.18>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`f6b38ce3c90e1600d41c2ebb41e152936a0357d7 </meta-mingw/commit/?id=f6b38ce3c90e1600d41c2ebb41e152936a0357d7>`
+-  Release Artefact: meta-mingw-f6b38ce3c90e1600d41c2ebb41e152936a0357d7
+-  sha: 7d57167c19077f4ab95623d55a24c2267a3a3fb5ed83688659b4c03586373b25
+-  Download Locations:
+   http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.18/meta-mingw-f6b38ce3c90e1600d41c2ebb41e152936a0357d7.tar.bz2
+   http://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.18/meta-mingw-f6b38ce3c90e1600d41c2ebb41e152936a0357d7.tar.bz2
+
+meta-gplv2
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/meta-gplv2`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`kirkstone </meta-gplv2/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-4.0.18 </meta-gplv2/log/?h=yocto-4.0.18>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`d2f8b5cdb285b72a4ed93450f6703ca27aa42e8a </meta-gplv2/commit/?id=d2f8b5cdb285b72a4ed93450f6703ca27aa42e8a>`
+-  Release Artefact: meta-gplv2-d2f8b5cdb285b72a4ed93450f6703ca27aa42e8a
+-  sha: c386f59f8a672747dc3d0be1d4234b6039273d0e57933eb87caa20f56b9cca6d
+-  Download Locations:
+   http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.18/meta-gplv2-d2f8b5cdb285b72a4ed93450f6703ca27aa42e8a.tar.bz2
+   http://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.18/meta-gplv2-d2f8b5cdb285b72a4ed93450f6703ca27aa42e8a.tar.bz2
+
+bitbake
+
+-  Repository Location: :oe_git:`/bitbake`
+-  Branch: :oe_git:`2.0 </bitbake/log/?h=2.0>`
+-  Tag:  :oe_git:`yocto-4.0.18 </bitbake/log/?h=yocto-4.0.18>`
+-  Git Revision: :oe_git:`40fd5f4eef7460ca67f32cfce8e229e67e1ff607 </bitbake/commit/?id=40fd5f4eef7460ca67f32cfce8e229e67e1ff607>`
+-  Release Artefact: bitbake-40fd5f4eef7460ca67f32cfce8e229e67e1ff607
+-  sha: 5d20a0e4c5d0fce44bd84778168714a261a30a4b83f67c88df3b8a7e7115e444
+-  Download Locations:
+   http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.18/bitbake-40fd5f4eef7460ca67f32cfce8e229e67e1ff607.tar.bz2
+   http://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.18/bitbake-40fd5f4eef7460ca67f32cfce8e229e67e1ff607.tar.bz2
+
+yocto-docs
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/yocto-docs`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`kirkstone </yocto-docs/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag: :yocto_git:`yocto-4.0.18 </yocto-docs/log/?h=yocto-4.0.18>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`fd1423141e7458ba557db465c171b0b4e9063987 </yocto-docs/commit/?id=fd1423141e7458ba557db465c171b0b4e9063987>`
+