* kubectl cp now safely allows unpacking of symlinks that may point outside the destination directory ([#82384](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82384), [@tallclair](https://github.com/tallclair))

- hyperkube

  - the `--make-symlinks` flag, deprecated in v1.14, has been removed. ([#80017](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80017), [@Pothulapati](https://github.com/Pothulapati))

- kube-apiserver

* kubectl cp now safely allows unpacking of symlinks that may point outside the destination directory ([#82384](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82384), [@tallclair](https://github.com/tallclair))

* openapi now advertises correctly supported patch types for custom resources ([#81515](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81515), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* kubectl cp now safely allows unpacking of symlinks that may point outside the destination directory ([#82384](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82384), [@tallclair](https://github.com/tallclair))

* 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))

### SIG OpenStack

    - [Node Binaries](#node-binaries-9)
  - [Changelog since v1.21.4](#changelog-since-v1214)
  - [Important Security Information](#important-security-information)
    - [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-8)
    - [Feature](#feature-6)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression-8)

* Add /bin/mkfifo symlink to bazel build for busybox, so that CI builds have /bin/tee ([#59268](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59268), [@justinsb](https://github.com/justinsb))

Prior to 1.17 and for existing nodes created by `kubeadm init` where kubelet client certificate rotation is desired, you must modify `/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf` to point to the PEM symlink for rotation:

    - [Node Binaries](#node-binaries-4)
  - [Changelog since v1.20.10](#changelog-since-v12010)
  - [Important Security Information](#important-security-information)
    - [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-4)
    - [Bug or Regression](#bug-or-regression-4)
    - [Other (Cleanup or Flake)](#other-cleanup-or-flake-1)

    - [Node Binaries](#node-binaries-15)
  - [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)