Prepare for release v1.12.4

[michi-covalent]

Summary of Changes

Minor Changes:

• ctmap: add support for GC of DSR orphaned entries (Backport PR v1.12 backports 2022-10-19 #21809, Upstream PR ctmap: add support for GC of DSR orphaned entries #21626, @jibi)

Bugfixes:

• Add missing inner IP header in ICMP error-reply packet (Backport PR v1.12 backports 2022-11-07 #22028, Upstream PR Add missing inner IP header in ICMP error-reply packet #21234, @nnbu)
• bpf: always track egress gateway connections (Backport PR v1.12 backports 2022-10-10 #21639, Upstream PR bpf: always track egress gateway connections #21499, @jibi)
• Fix overlapping/duplicate PodCIDR allocation when nodes are added while operator is down (Backport PR v1.12 backports 2022-11-07 #22028, Upstream PR ipam: Fix overlapping/duplicate PodCIDR allocation when nodes are added while operator is down #21526, @dylandreimerink)
• Fixed CCNP garbage collection (Backport PR v1.12 backports 2022-10-19 #21809, Upstream PR Fixed CCNP garbage collection #21394, @zuzzas)
• Fixes a deadlock that can be exposed in high-churn clusters when Pods are deleted rapidly. (Backport PR v1.12 backports 2022-10-19 #21809, Upstream PR EndpointManager: fix deadlock when releasing an endpoint #21771, @squeed)
• nodeinit: Move kubelet version check to expected branch (Backport PR v1.12 backports 2022-11-07 #22028, Upstream PR nodeinit: Move kubelet version check to expected branch #21772, @dctrwatson)

Misc Changes:

• Add a section with distro-specific considerations (Backport PR v1.12 backports 2022-11-07 #22028, Upstream PR Add a section with distro-specific considerations #21064, @bmcustodio)
• build(deps): bump actions/cache from 3.0.10 to 3.0.11 (build(deps): bump actions/cache from 3.0.10 to 3.0.11 #21723, @dependabot[bot])
• build(deps): bump actions/download-artifact from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1 (build(deps): bump actions/download-artifact from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1 #21842, @dependabot[bot])
• build(deps): bump actions/setup-go from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1 (build(deps): bump actions/setup-go from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1 #21789, @dependabot[bot])
• build(deps): bump actions/upload-artifact from 3.1.0 to 3.1.1 (build(deps): bump actions/upload-artifact from 3.1.0 to 3.1.1 #21850, @dependabot[bot])
• build(deps): bump docker/build-push-action from 3.1.1 to 3.2.0 (build(deps): bump docker/build-push-action from 3.1.1 to 3.2.0 #21703, @dependabot[bot])
• build(deps): bump docker/login-action from 2.0.0 to 2.1.0 (build(deps): bump docker/login-action from 2.0.0 to 2.1.0 #21706, @dependabot[bot])
• build(deps): bump docker/setup-buildx-action from 2.0.0 to 2.1.0 (build(deps): bump docker/setup-buildx-action from 2.0.0 to 2.1.0 #21704, @dependabot[bot])
• build(deps): bump docker/setup-buildx-action from 2.1.0 to 2.2.1 (build(deps): bump docker/setup-buildx-action from 2.1.0 to 2.2.1 #21788, @dependabot[bot])
• build(deps): bump docker/setup-qemu-action from 2.0.0 to 2.1.0 (build(deps): bump docker/setup-qemu-action from 2.0.0 to 2.1.0 #21705, @dependabot[bot])
• build(deps): bump dorny/paths-filter from 2.10.2 to 2.11.0 (build(deps): bump dorny/paths-filter from 2.10.2 to 2.11.0 #21707, @dependabot[bot])
• build(deps): bump dorny/paths-filter from 2.11.0 to 2.11.1 (build(deps): bump dorny/paths-filter from 2.11.0 to 2.11.1 #21724, @dependabot[bot])
• build(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 2.1.27 to 2.1.28 (build(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 2.1.27 to 2.1.28 #21790, @dependabot[bot])
• build(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 2.1.28 to 2.1.29 (build(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 2.1.28 to 2.1.29 #21893, @dependabot[bot])
• build(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 2.1.29 to 2.1.30 (build(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 2.1.29 to 2.1.30 #21974, @dependabot[bot])
• build(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 2.1.30 to 2.1.31 (build(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 2.1.30 to 2.1.31 #22050, @dependabot[bot])
• build(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 2.1.31 to 2.1.32 (build(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 2.1.31 to 2.1.32 #22166, @dependabot[bot])
• build(deps): bump golangci/golangci-lint-action from 3.2.0 to 3.3.0 (build(deps): bump golangci/golangci-lint-action from 3.2.0 to 3.3.0 #21843, @dependabot[bot])
• build(deps): bump golangci/golangci-lint-action from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1 (build(deps): bump golangci/golangci-lint-action from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1 #22136, @dependabot[bot])
• build(deps): bump KyleMayes/install-llvm-action from 1.5.5 to 1.6.0 (build(deps): bump KyleMayes/install-llvm-action from 1.5.5 to 1.6.0 #21868, @dependabot[bot])
• build(deps): bump library/alpine from bc41182 to 65a2763 in /images/cache (build(deps): bump library/alpine from bc41182 to 65a2763 in /images/cache #22113, @dependabot[bot])
• chore(deps): update docker.io/library/alpine docker tag to v3.16.2 (v1.12) (chore(deps): update docker.io/library/alpine docker tag to v3.16.2 (v1.12) #22105, @renovate[bot])
• chore(deps): update docker.io/library/alpine docker tag to v3.16.3 (v1.12) (chore(deps): update docker.io/library/alpine docker tag to v3.16.3 (v1.12) #22142, @renovate[bot])
• chore(deps): update docker.io/library/golang:1.18.7 docker digest to 1542419 (v1.12) (chore(deps): update docker.io/library/golang:1.18.7 docker digest to 1542419 (v1.12) #22102, @renovate[bot])
• chore(deps): update docker.io/library/golang:1.18.8 docker digest to 1cbe009 (v1.12) (chore(deps): update docker.io/library/golang:1.18.8 docker digest to 1cbe009 (v1.12) #22189, @renovate[bot])
• chore(deps): update docker.io/library/golang:1.18.8 docker digest to 6e3764d (v1.12) (chore(deps): update docker.io/library/golang:1.18.8 docker digest to 6e3764d (v1.12) #22169, @renovate[bot])
• chore(deps): update docker.io/library/ubuntu:20.04 docker digest to 450e066 (v1.12) (chore(deps): update docker.io/library/ubuntu:20.04 docker digest to 450e066 (v1.12) #22104, @renovate[bot])
• chore(deps): update module go to 1.18 (v1.12) (chore(deps): update module go to 1.18 (v1.12) #22122, @renovate[bot])
• Clarify in documentation that Azure CNI chaining is different from Azure CNI powered by Cilium. (Backport PR v1.12 backports 2022-11-07 #22028, Upstream PR docs: Reword note in Azure CNI chaining documentation #21897, @wedaly)
• docs: Fix 'interface' field indentation (Backport PR v1.12 backports 2022-10-19 #21809, Upstream PR docs: Fix 'interface' field indentation #21798, @lou-lan)
• docs: Remove autoDirectNodeRoutes where not needed (Backport PR v1.12 backports 2022-11-07 #22028, Upstream PR docs: Remove autoDirectNodeRoutes where not needed #21831, @pchaigno)
• Docs: Remove RUNTIME=docker option in dev_setup, given that K8s 1.24+ no longer supports it (options: containerd (default), crio). (Backport PR v1.12 backports 2022-11-07 #22028, Upstream PR Remove RUNTIME=docker in dev_setup document #21940, @Shunpoco)
• docs: Update k8s NetworkPolicy descriptions (Backport PR v1.12 backports 2022-10-19 #21809, Upstream PR docs: Update k8s NetworkPolicy descriptions #21670, @joestringer)
• Fix incorrect env var name used in docs for Helm installation on Rancher Desktop (Backport PR v1.12 backports 2022-11-07 #22028, Upstream PR Fix incorrect env var name used in docs for Helm installation on Rancher Desktop #21835, @ehausig)
• k8s: optimize API calls made to kube-apiserver (Backport PR v1.12 backports 2022-10-19 #21809, Upstream PR k8s: optimize API calls made to kube-apiserver #21088, @aanm)
• Remove unused sections for bpf_lxc from nodeport.h (Backport PR v1.12 backports 2022-11-07 #22028, Upstream PR Remove unused sections for bpf_lxc from nodeport header #21505, @alexkats)
• v1.12: Update Go to 1.18.7 (v1.12: Update Go to 1.18.7 #21592, @tklauser)
• v1.12: Update Go to 1.18.8 (v1.12: Update Go to 1.18.8 #22026, @tklauser)

Other Changes:

• bpf: nat: fix indentation (bpf: nat: fix indentation #21807, @jibi)
• images: update cilium-{runtime,builder} (images: update cilium-{runtime,builder} #22194, @michi-covalent)
• install: Update image digests for v1.12.3 (install: Update image digests for v1.12.3 #21767, @qmonnet)