* Fix GCI mounter issue ([#38124](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38124), [@jingxu97](https://github.com/jingxu97))
* Fix space issue in volumePath with vSphere Cloud Provider ([#38338](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38338), [@BaluDontu](https://github.com/BaluDontu))

- Fix a bug that `--disabled-metrics` doesn't function well. (#105793, @Huang-Wei) [SIG API Machinery, Cluster Lifecycle and Instrumentation]
- Fix a panic in kubectl when creating secrets with an improper output type (#106356, @lauchokyip) [SIG CLI]
- Fix concurrent map access causing panics when logging timed-out API calls. (#106112, @marseel) [SIG API Machinery]

* fix permissions when using fsGroup ([#37009](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/37009), [@sjenning](https://github.com/sjenning))
* Fix GCI mounter issue ([#38124](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38124), [@jingxu97](https://github.com/jingxu97))

* [stable] Upgrade cAdvisor to v0.27.1 with the enhancement for node monitoring. [[@dashpole](https://github.com/dashpole)]

  * Fix journalctl leak
  * Fix container memory rss
  * Fix incorrect CPU usage with 4.7 kernel
  * OOM parser uses kmsg
  * Add hugepages support
  * Add CRI-O support

In-tree bug fixes and improvements included:
- Fix load balancer status without VIP.
- Fix filtering of server status.
- Fix resizing PVC of Cinder volume.
- Disable load balancer configuration if it is not defined in cloud config.
- Add support for node shutdown taint.

The external provider includes all of the above with the additional fixes and features:
- Fix bug to prevent allocation of existing floating IP.

### Other notable changes

* kubelet: fix hangs in updating Node status after network interruptions/changes between the kubelet and API server ([#63492](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63492), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* fix mount unmount failure for a Windows pod ([#63272](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63272), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

- Fix invalid VMSS updates due to incorrect cache ([#89002](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89002), [@ArchangelSDY](https://github.com/ArchangelSDY)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fix panic in kubelet when running IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack mode with a CNI plugin ([#82508](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82508), [@aanm](https://github.com/aanm)) [SIG Network and Node]

- Fix: do not delete the lb that does not exist (#105777, @nilo19) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fix: ignore not a VMSS error for VMAS nodes in EnsureBackendPoolDeleted. (#105185, @ialidzhikov) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fix: leave the probe path empty for TCP probes (#105253, @nilo19) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fix: remove VMSS and VMSS instances from SLB backend pool only when necessary (#105839, @nilo19) [SIG Cloud Provider]

## Changelog since v1.2.5

### Other notable changes

* Fix watch cache filtering ([#28967](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/28967), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* Fix problems with container restarts and flocker ([#25874](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/25874), [@simonswine](https://github.com/simonswine))

* fix azure disk naming matching issue due to case sensitive comparison ([#81720](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81720), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* fix: detach azure disk issue using dangling error ([#81266](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81266), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))