I ran into this issue as well, turned up this bug report and an nvidia[0] report. After patching and hitting up dkms, the driver was working with 4.12 kernels.
[0]: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1022833/linux/304-135 -driver-fails-to-insert-on-fedora-26-4-12-5-kernel-with-quot-unknown- symbol-init_mm-quot-/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1711758 Title: artful: nvidia-304 unknown symbol init_mm To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304/+bug/1711758/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs