* Bump GCE ContainerVM to container-vm-v20170201 to address CVE-2016-9962. ([#40828](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40828), [@zmerlynn](https://github.com/zmerlynn))
* Bump GCI to gci-beta-56-9000-80-0 ([#41027](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/41027), [@dchen1107](https://github.com/dchen1107))
* Fix for detach volume when node is not present/ powered off ([#40118](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40118), [@BaluDontu](https://github.com/BaluDontu))
* Bump GCI to gci-beta-56-9000-80-0 ([#41027](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/41027), [@dchen1107](https://github.com/dchen1107))
* Move b.gcr.io/k8s_authenticated_test to gcr.io/k8s-authenticated-test ([#40335](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40335), [@zmerlynn](https://github.com/zmerlynn))
* Prep node_e2e for GCI to COS name change ([#41088](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/41088), [@jessfraz](https://github.com/jessfraz))
* If ExperimentalCriticalPodAnnotation=True flag gate is set, kubelet will ensure that pods with `scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/critical-pod` annotation will be admitted even under resource pressure, will not be evicted, and are reasonably protected from system OOMs. ([#41052](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/41052), [@vishh](https://github.com/vishh))
* Fix resync goroutine leak in ListAndWatch ([#35672](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/35672), [@tatsuhiro-t](https://github.com/tatsuhiro-t))
* Kubelet will no longer set hairpin mode on every interface on the machine when an error occurs in setting up hairpin for a specific interface. ([#36990](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/36990), [@bboreham](https://github.com/bboreham))
* Bump GCE ContainerVM to container-vm-v20170201 to address CVE-2016-9962. ([#40828](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40828), [@zmerlynn](https://github.com/zmerlynn))
* Adding vmdk file extension for vmDiskPath in vsphere DeleteVolume ([#40538](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40538), [@divyenpatel](https://github.com/divyenpatel))
* Prevent hotloops on error conditions, which could fill up the disk faster than log rotation can free space. ([#40497](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40497), [@lavalamp](https://github.com/lavalamp))
* Update GCE ContainerVM deployment to container-vm-v20170117 to pick up CVE fixes in base image. ([#40094](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40094), [@zmerlynn](https://github.com/zmerlynn))
* Update kube-proxy image to be based off of Debian 8.6 base image. ([#39695](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/39695), [@ixdy](https://github.com/ixdy))
* Update amd64 kube-proxy base image to debian-iptables-amd64:v5 ([#39725](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/39725), [@ixdy](https://github.com/ixdy))
