*   Fixed bad conversion in host port chain name generating func which led to some unreachable host ports. ([#55153](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55153),[ @chenchun](https://github.com/chenchun))

- The `controller.kubernetes.io/pod-deletion-cost` annotation can be set to offer a hint on the cost of deleting a `Pod` compared to other pods belonging to the same ReplicaSet. Pods with lower deletion cost are deleted first. This is an alpha feature. ([#99163](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99163), [@ahg-g](https://github.com/ahg-g))

- The new test `[sig-network] DNS should now provide /etc/hosts entries for the cluster [LinuxOnly] [Conformance]` will validate the host entries set in the ``/etc/hosts`` file (pod's FQDN and hostname), which should be managed by Kubelet. ([#72729](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72729), [@bclau](https://github.com/bclau))

- Kube-controller-manager: volume plugins can be restricted from contacting local and loopback addresses by setting `--volume-host-allow-local-loopback=false`, or from contacting specific CIDR ranges by setting `--volume-host-cidr-denylist` (for example, `--volume-host-cidr-denylist=127.0.0.1/28,feed::/16`) ([#91785](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/91785), [@mattcary](https://github.com/mattcary)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, Auth, CLI,...

* - fluentd-gcp runs with a dedicated fluentd-gcp service account ([#54175](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54175), [@tallclair](https://github.com/tallclair))
    * - Stop mounting the host certificates into fluentd's prometheus-to-sd container

* CRI now defines mounting behavior. If the host path doesn't exist, the runtime should return an error. If the host path is a symlink, the runtime should follow the symlink and mount the real destination to the container. ([#61460](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61460), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))

  - [Changelog since v1.22.1](#changelog-since-v1221)
  - [Important Security Information](#important-security-information-2)
    - [CVE-2021-25741: Symlink Exchange Can Allow Host Filesystem Access](#cve-2021-25741-symlink-exchange-can-allow-host-filesystem-access)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-14)
    - [Feature](#feature-7)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression-14)
  - [Dependencies](#dependencies-15)

removal of dockershim related flags for new kubeadm clusters. If kubelet <1.24 is on the host, kubeadm >=1.24 can continue using the built-in dockershim in the kubelet if the user passes the `{Init|Join}Configuration.nodeRegistration.criSocket` value in the kubeadm configuration to be equal to `unix:///var/run/dockershim.sock` on Unix or `npipe:////./pipe/dockershim` on Windows. If kubelet version >=1.24 is on the host, kubeadm >=1.24 will treat all container runtimes as "remote" using the kubelet flags...

* Fix device mountable volume names in DSW to prevent races in device mountable plugin, e.g. local. ([#71509](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71509), [@cofyc](https://github.com/cofyc))
* change azure disk host cache to ReadOnly by default ([#72229](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72229), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

  * A new field hostAliases has been added to the pod spec to support [adding entries to a Pod's /etc/hosts file](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/add-entries-to-pod-etc-hosts-with-host-aliases/). ([#44641](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/44641), [@rickypai](https://github.com/rickypai))