### Storage
- Bump CSI version to 1.2.0 ([#84832](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84832), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))
- CSI Migration: Fixes issue where all volumes with the same inline volume inner spec name were staged in the same path. Migrated inline volumes are now staged at a unique path per unique volume. ([#84754](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/84754), [@davidz627](https://github.com/davidz627))

- Fixes a 1.28 regression handling negative index json patches ([#120329](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120329), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt)) [SIG API Machinery]
- Fixes a bug where images pinned by the container runtime can be garbage collected by kubelet. ([#120053](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120053), [@ruiwen-zhao](https://github.com/ruiwen-zhao)) [SIG Node]

- Fixed stale SMB mount issue when SMB file share is deleted and then unmounted. ([#121851](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121851), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
- Fixed the bug where images that were pinned by the container runtime could be garbage collected by `kubelet`. ([#119986](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/119986), [@ruiwen-zhao](https://github.com/ruiwen-zhao))

- Fixes a bug where images pinned by the container runtime can be garbage collected by kubelet. ([#120055](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120055), [@ruiwen-zhao](https://github.com/ruiwen-zhao)) [SIG Node]

- Fixes a bug where images pinned by the container runtime can be garbage collected by kubelet. ([#120054](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120054), [@ruiwen-zhao](https://github.com/ruiwen-zhao)) [SIG Node]

- github.com/checkpoint-restore/go-criu/v4: [v4.1.0](https://github.com/checkpoint-restore/go-criu/v4/tree/v4.1.0)
- github.com/cheekybits/genny: [9127e81](https://github.com/cheekybits/genny/tree/9127e81)
- github.com/go-acme/lego: [v2.5.0+incompatible](https://github.com/go-acme/lego/tree/v2.5.0)

- github.com/checkpoint-restore/go-criu: [bdb7599](https://github.com/checkpoint-restore/go-criu/tree/bdb7599)
- github.com/cheekybits/genny: [9127e81](https://github.com/cheekybits/genny/tree/9127e81)
- github.com/coredns/corefile-migration: [v1.0.2](https://github.com/coredns/corefile-migration/tree/v1.0.2)

- Allow to build kubernetes with a custom `kube-cross` image. ([#104185](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104185), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))
- Allows users to prevent garbage collection on pinned images ([#103299](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/103299), [@wgahnagl](https://github.com/wgahnagl)) [SIG Node]

- Fixes a bug where images pinned by the container runtime can be garbage collected by kubelet. ([#120056](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120056), [@ruiwen-zhao](https://github.com/ruiwen-zhao)) [SIG Node]