* Fix GPU resource validation ([#28743](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/28743), [@therc](https://github.com/therc))
* Scale kube-proxy conntrack limits by cores (new default behavior) ([#28876](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/28876), [@thockin](https://github.com/thockin))

* Patch CVE-2016-8859 in alpine based images: ([#42937](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/42937), [@timstclair](https://github.com/timstclair))

* Fix polarity of NodePort logic to avoid leaked ports ([#43259](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/43259), [@thockin](https://github.com/thockin))
* Upgrade golang versions to 1.7.5 ([#41771](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/41771), [@cblecker](https://github.com/cblecker))



# v1.5.6

* Fixes storage e2e test failures in GKE regional clusters. ([#61303](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61303), [@verult](https://github.com/verult))
* Update Cluster Autoscaler version to 0.6.4 to fix security vulnerabilities  ([#61417](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61417), [@aleksandra-malinowska](https://github.com/aleksandra-malinowska))

* Fix Azure client requests stuck issues on http.StatusTooManyRequests (HTTP Code 429). ([#81279](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81279), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
* Update the GCE windows node image to include hot fixes since July. ([#81236](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81236), [@YangLu1031](https://github.com/YangLu1031))

* Disable proxy to loopback and linklocal ([#71980](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71980), [@micahhausler](https://github.com/micahhausler))
* Do not detach volume if mount in progress ([#71145](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71145), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))

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* support cross resource group for azure file ([#68117](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68117), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Use real device path in isDeviceOpen check on umount ([#68674](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68674), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))

* Fixed missing error checking that could cause kubelet to crash in a race condition. ([#60962](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60962), [@technicianted](https://github.com/technicianted))
* Introduced `--http2-max-streams-per-connection` command line flag on api-servers and set default to 1000 for aggregated API servers. ([#60054](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/60054), [@MikeSpreitzer](https://github.com/MikeSpreitzer))