if (next == null) {
            newTable.set(headIndex, head);
          } else {
            // Reuse the consecutive sequence of nodes with the same target
            // index from the end of the list. tail points to the first
            // entry in the reusable list.
            E tail = head;
            int tailIndex = headIndex;
            for (E e = next; e != null; e = e.getNext()) {

- Fix: avoid nil-pointer panic when checking the frontend IP configuration ([#101739](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101739), [@nilo19](https://github.com/nilo19)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

### Other notable changes

* Fixed a regression where the kubelet would fail to update the ready status of pods. ([#86195](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/86195), [@tedyu](https://github.com/tedyu))
* Fix nil pointer dereference in azure cloud provider ([#85975](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85975), [@ldx](https://github.com/ldx))

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- Kubernetes is now built with go 1.22.12 ([#130077](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130077), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato)) [SIG Release and Testing]

### Bug or Regression

- Ignore context canceled from validate and mutate webhook ([#120017](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120017), [@divyasri537](https://github.com/divyasri537)) [SIG API Machinery]
- Kubeadm: fix nil pointer when etcd member is already removed ([#120013](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120013), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

* fix parse devicePath issue on Azure Disk ([#74499](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74499), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* kubeadm: fixed nil pointer dereference caused by a bug in url parsing ([#74454](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74454), [@bart0sh](https://github.com/bart0sh))

- Ignore context canceled from validate and mutate webhook ([#120019](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120019), [@divyasri537](https://github.com/divyasri537)) [SIG API Machinery]
- Kubeadm: fix nil pointer when etcd member is already removed ([#120012](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120012), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Fix missing "apiVersion" for "involvedObject" in Events for Nodes. ([#87537](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87537), [@uthark](https://github.com/uthark)) [SIG Apps and Node]
- Fix nil pointer dereference in azure cloud provider ([#85975](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85975), [@ldx](https://github.com/ldx)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

### Simplified Multi-point plugin configuration for scheduler

The kube-scheduler is adding a new, simplified config field for Plugins to allow multiple extension points to be enabled in one spot.
The new `multiPoint` plugin field is intended to simplify most scheduler setups for administrators.