I pinpointed the problem a little further. I can boot any kernel up to vmlinuz-4.12.14-041214-generic. Boot freeze happens starting from vmlinuz-4.13.0-041300rc1-generic.
I pinpointed the problem a little further. I can boot any kernel up to vmlinuz- 4.12.14- 041214- generic. Boot freeze happens starting from vmlinuz- 4.13.0- 041300rc1- generic.