- Revert "fix: handle socket file detection on Windows" ([#126976](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126976), [@jsturtevant](https://github.com/jsturtevant)) [SIG Node]

- Kubeadm: avoid detection of the container runtime for commands that do not need it ([#97625](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97625), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

- Kubeadm: fix a bug where the static pod changes detection logic is inconsistent with kubelet ([#118069](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118069), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

- Kubeadm: avoid detection of the container runtime for commands that do not need it ([#97849](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97849), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

## Dependencies

### Added

- `kubeadm`: Fixed the bug where it always did CRI detection when `--config` was passed, even if it is not required by the subcommand. ([#120828](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120828), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu))

      - [Affected Versions](#affected-versions)
    - [How do I mitigate this vulnerability?](#how-do-i-mitigate-this-vulnerability)
      - [Fixed Versions](#fixed-versions)
    - [Detection](#detection)
      - [Additional Details](#additional-details)
      - [Acknowledgements](#acknowledgements)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-12)
    - [API Change](#api-change-3)
    - [Feature](#feature-11)

- kubelet v1.24.5
- kubelet v1.25.0


To upgrade, refer to this documentation _For core Kubernetes:_ https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/cluster-management/#upgrading-a-cluster 

**Detection**:

Kubernetes Audit logs may indicate if the user name was misspelled to bypass the restriction placed on which user is a pod allowed to run as.

* Fix broken detection of non-root image user ID ([#78261](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78261), [@tallclair](https://github.com/tallclair))

* Fix broken detection of non-root image user ID ([#78261](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78261), [@tallclair](https://github.com/tallclair))

### Action Required

* [kubelet] Allow opting out of automatic cloud provider detection in kubelet. By default kubelet will auto-detect cloud providers ([#28258](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/28258), [@vishh](https://github.com/vishh))