With all due respect, I think there's a bit of disinformation being spread here.
When I looked through AZorin's recent posts on his profile page, the only one I could find about a kernel update was on 2 January in which he said "I want to mention that the Linux kernel in Zorin OS 17 is expected to be updated to version 6.11 next month or in March...".
Here's the link: NVram Locked (Zorin not found in efibootmgr) - #14 by AZorin
When I see the word "expected", I understand that as "it's likely to happen, but isn't 100% going to happen". It's not a solid promise to upgrade the krenel, which is what I see it being discussed here as.
Maybe I'm missing something or there's another post I didn't see. Feel free to let me know if I'm wrong.
Just my 2 cents.