* Fix fluentd-gcp configuration to facilitate JSON parsing ([#48139](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48139), [@crassirostris](https://github.com/crassirostris))
* Bump runc to v1.0.0-rc2-49-gd223e2a - fixes `failed to initialise top level QOS containers` kubelet error. ([#48117](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48117), [@sjenning](https://github.com/sjenning))

- Fixed a bug where the kubelet ephemerally failed with `failed to initialize top level QOS containers: root container [kubepods] doesn't exist`, due to the cpuset cgroup being deleted on cgroup v2 with systemd cgroup manager.

   * Support kube-master-url flag without kubeconfig

   * Fix concurrent R/Ws in dns.go

   * Fix confusing logging when initialize server

   * Fix printf in cmd/kube-dns/app/server.go

   * Fix version on startup and `--version` flag

   * Support specifying port number for nameserver in stubDomains

#### kube-proxy

- Updated google.golang.org/protobuf to `v1.33.0` to resolve `CVE-2024-24786`. ([#123758](https://g...

if it is an untyped boolean value, it is first implicitly converted to type <code>bool</code>.
The predeclared identifier <code>nil</code> cannot be used to initialize a variable
with no explicit type.
</p>

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var d = math.Sin(0.5)  // d is float64
var i = 42             // i is int
var t, ok = x.(T)      // t is T, ok is bool

## Changelog since v1.18.2

## Changes by Kind

### Bug or Regression
 - An issue preventing GCP cloud-controller-manager running out-of-cluster to initialize new Nodes is now fixed. ([#90057](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90057), [@ialidzhikov](https://github.com/ialidzhikov)) [SIG Apps and Cloud Provider]

- `kubelet` , when using `--cloud-provider=external`, will now initialize the node addresses with the value of `--node-ip` , if it exists, or waits for the cloud provider to assign the addresses. ([#121028](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121028), [@aojea](https://github.com/aojea))