*   Added the concurrent service sync flag to the Cloud Controller Manager to allow changing the number of workers. (`--concurrent-service-syncs`) ([#55561](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55561),[ @jhorwit2](https://github.com/jhorwit2))

- The `kube-controller-manager` supports `--concurrent-ephemeralvolume-syncs` flag to set the number of ephemeral volume controller workers. ([#102981](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102981), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu))

- This PR added tracing support to the kubelet's read-only endpoint, which currently
  does not have tracing. It makes use of the `WithPublicEndpoint` option to prevent callers
  from influencing sampling decisions. ([#121770](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121770), [@frzifus](https://github.com/frzifus)) [SIG Node]

  - kubelet <= v1.19.14

**Fixed Versions**:
  - kubelet v1.22.2
  - kubelet v1.21.5
  - kubelet v1.20.11
  - kubelet v1.19.15

This vulnerability was reported by Fabricio Voznika and Mark Wolters of Google.

**CVSS Rating:** High (8.8) [CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H](https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

## Changes by Kind

- Informer/reflector callers can now catch and unwrap specific API errors by type. ([#110076](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110076), [@karlkfi](https://github.com/karlkfi))

- Fixed a data race in kubelet image manager that can cause static pod workers to silently stop working. ([#88915](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88915), [@roycaihw](https://github.com/roycaihw)) [SIG Node]

- Fixed a data race in kubelet image manager that can cause static pod workers to silently stop working. ([#88915](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88915), [@roycaihw](https://github.com/roycaihw)) [SIG Node]

### AWS

* Add AWS cloud provider option to use an assumed IAM role. For example, this allows running Controller Manager in a account separate from the worker nodes, but still allows all resources created to interact with the workers. ELBs created would be in the same account as the worker nodes for instance.([#59668](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59668), [@brycecarman](https://github.com/brycecarman))

- Fixed a data race in kubelet image manager that can cause static pod workers to silently stop working. ([#88915](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88915), [@roycaihw](https://github.com/roycaihw)) [SIG Node]

causes a <a href="#Run_time_panics">run-time panic</a>.
</p>

<p>
The <code>protect</code> function in the example below invokes
the function argument <code>g</code> and protects callers from
run-time panics caused by <code>g</code>.
</p>

<pre>
func protect(g func()) {
	defer func() {
		log.Println("done")  // Println executes normally even if there is a panic