- Kubeadm: Fixes a kubeadm upgrade bug that could cause a custom CoreDNS configuration to be replaced with the default. ([#97016](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97016), [@rajansandeep](https://github.com/rajansandeep)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

## Dependencies

- Fixes a regression introduced in 1.29 where conntrack entries for UDP connections
  to deleted pods did not get cleaned up correctly, which could (among other things)
  cause DNS problems when DNS pods were restarted. ([#127808](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127808), [@danwinship](https://github.com/danwinship)) [SIG Network]

* Resolves bottleneck in internal API server communication that can cause increased goroutines and degrade API Server performance ([#80465](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80465), [@answer1991](https://github.com/answer1991))

and went to the table to measure herself by it, and found that,
as nearly as she could guess, she was now about two feet high,
and was going on shrinking rapidly:  she soon found out that the
cause of this was the fan she was holding, and she dropped it
hastily, just in time to avoid shrinking away altogether.

`That WAS a narrow escape!' said Alice, a good deal frightened at

- 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]

  - [Changelog since v1.22.13](#changelog-since-v12213)
  - [Important Security Information](#important-security-information-1)
    - [CVE-2022-3172: Aggregated API server can cause clients to be redirected (SSRF)](#cve-2022-3172-aggregated-api-server-can-cause-clients-to-be-redirected-ssrf)
    - [CVE-2021-25749: <code>runAsNonRoot</code> logic bypass for Windows containers](#cve-2021-25749-runasnonroot-logic-bypass-for-windows-containers)

* fix incorrect prometheus azure metrics ([#77722](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77722), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Fixed a bug in the apiserver storage that could cause just-added finalizers to be ignored on an immediately following delete request, leading to premature deletion. ([#77619](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77619), [@caesarxuchao](https://github.com/caesarxuchao))

* Support new NODE_OS_DISTRIBUTION 'custom' on GCE ([#61235](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61235), [@yguo0905](https://github.com/yguo0905))
* 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))

* fix detach azure disk issue due to dirty cache ([#71495](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71495), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Fixes issue where an apiserver on 1.9 and controller-manager on 1.10 can cause volume provisioning and binding to fail. ([#71286](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71286), [@msau42](https://github.com/msau42))

  - [Changelog since v1.24.4](#changelog-since-v1244)
  - [Important Security Information](#important-security-information-3)
    - [CVE-2022-3172: Aggregated API server can cause clients to be redirected (SSRF)](#cve-2022-3172-aggregated-api-server-can-cause-clients-to-be-redirected-ssrf)
    - [CVE-2021-25749: <code>runAsNonRoot</code> logic bypass for Windows containers](#cve-2021-25749-runasnonroot-logic-bypass-for-windows-containers)