- Ensured directories on volumes are group-executable when using `fsGroup` ([#73533](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73533), [@mxey](https://github.com/mxey))
- Updated CSI version to 1.1 ([#75391](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75391), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))

Kubernetes performs pruning, or the automatic removal of unknown fields in objects sent to a Kubernetes API. An "unknown" field is one that is not specified in the OpenAPI validation schema. This behavior is already in place for native resources and ensures only data structures specified by the CRD developer are persisted to etcd. It will be available as a beta feature in Kubernetes 1.15.

Pruning is activated by setting `spec.preserveUnknownFields: false` in the CustomResourceDefinition....

- Ensure Pods are removed from the scheduler cache when the scheduler misses deletion events due to transient errors ([#106102](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106102), [@alculquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor)) [SIG Scheduling]

* Fix Pods using Portworx volumes getting stuck in ContainerCreating phase. ([#48898](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48898), [@harsh-px](https://github.com/harsh-px))
* RBAC role and role-binding reconciliation now ensures namespaces exist when reconciling on startup. ([#48480](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48480), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))



# v1.6.7

- Ensure all vSphere nodes are are tracked by volume attach-detach controller ([#96689](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96689), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))
- Ensure empty string annotations are copied over in rollbacks. ([#94858](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94858), [@waynepeking348](https://github.com/waynepeking348))

- Modified the error message of `unmanagedFatal` to enhance clarity while preserving grammatical consistency with `unmanagedWarning`. This improvement ensures a more understandable prompt for users. ([#120159](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120159), [@Ithrael](https://github.com/Ithrael))

### Failing Test

- Ensured memory resizing for Guaranteed QoS pods on static Memory policy configurations was gated by `InPlacePodVerticalScalingExclusiveMemory` (defaults: `false`). ([#132473](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/132473), [@pravk03](https://github.com/pravk03)) [SIG Node, Scheduling and Testing]

  
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admission plugin

A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where users may be able to launch containers that bypass the mountable secrets policy enforced by the ServiceAccount admission plugin when using ephemeral containers. The policy ensures pods running with a service account may only reference secrets specified in the service account's secrets field. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if the ServiceAccount admission plugin and the `kubernetes.io/enforce-mountable-secrets` annotation...

* People can see the right log and note. ([#84637](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84637), [@zhipengzuo](https://github.com/zhipengzuo))
* Ensure the KUBE-MARK-DROP chain in kube-proxy mode=iptables. The chain is ensured for both ipv4 and ipv6 in dual-stack operation. ([#84422](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84422), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea))