* Adds configuration option for Swift object store container name to OpenStack Heat provider. ([#48281](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48281), [@hogepodge](https://github.com/hogepodge))
* Allow the system:heapster ClusterRole read access to deployments ([#48357](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48357), [@faraazkhan](https://github.com/faraazkhan))

* Retry 'connection refused' errors when setting up clusters on GCE. ([#57394](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57394), [@mborsz](https://github.com/mborsz))

* YAMLDecoder Read now returns the number of bytes read ([#57000](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57000), [@sel](https://github.com/sel))

### **API Machinery**

*   The kube-apiserver `--etcd-quorum-read` flag is deprecated and the ability to switch off quorum read will be removed in a future release. ([#53795](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53795),[ @xiangpengzhao](https://github.com/xiangpengzhao))

  - go_gc_cycles_total_gc_cycles_total
  - go_gc_heap_allocs_by_size_bytes
  - go_gc_heap_allocs_bytes_total
  - go_gc_heap_allocs_objects_total
  - go_gc_heap_frees_by_size_bytes
  - go_gc_heap_frees_bytes_total
  - go_gc_heap_frees_objects_total
  - go_gc_heap_goal_bytes
  - go_gc_heap_objects_objects
  - go_gc_heap_tiny_allocs_objects_total
  - go_gc_pauses_seconds

* Changes secret, configMap, downwardAPI and projected volumes to mount read-only, instead of allowing applications to write data and then reverting it automatically. Until version 1.11, setting the feature gate ReadOnlyAPIDataVolumes=false will preserve the old behavior. ([#58720](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58720),...

* add shorthand cm for configmaps ([#29652](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/29652), [@lojies](https://github.com/lojies))
* Bump cadvisor dependencies to latest head.  ([#29492](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/29492), [@Random-Liu](https://github.com/Random-Liu))

### OpenStack
* Do not daemonize `salt-minion` for the openstack-heat provider. ([#40722](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40722), [@micmro](https://github.com/micmro))

This release contains changes that address the following vulnerabilities:

### CVE-2022-3162: Unauthorized read of Custom Resources

A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where users authorized to list or watch one type of namespaced custom resource cluster-wide can read custom resources of a different type in the same API group they are not authorized to read.

**Affected Versions**:
  - kube-apiserver v1.25.0 - v1.25.3

    or force deletion of the pod from the api-server).
    This helps prevent "split brain" scenarios in clustered applications by
    ensuring that unreachable pods will not be presumed dead unless some
    "fencing" operation has provided one of the above indications.
  * For all other existing controllers except StatefulSet, this has no effect on

    - [Summary API in kubelet doesn't have accelerator metrics](#summary-api-in-kubelet-doesnt-have-accelerator-metrics)
  - [Urgent Upgrade Notes](#urgent-upgrade-notes)
    - [(No, really, you MUST read this before you upgrade)](#no-really-you-must-read-this-before-you-upgrade)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-14)
    - [Deprecation](#deprecation)
    - [API Change](#api-change-4)
    - [Feature](#feature-6)