Merge master to release-1.18 for v1.18.1 release (aws#2882)

* Mount /run/xtables.lock as FileOrCreate (aws#2841)

Otherwise, if the file doesn't already exist on the host at startup, it will be created as a directory. This breaks (among other things) `kube-proxy`, which leads to the AWS CNI not being able to reach the API-server, which leads to the node being stuck in `NotReady` state.

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* Bump github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 from 2.14.0 to 2.17.1 (aws#2864)

Bumps [github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2](https://github.com/onsi/ginkgo) from 2.14.0 to 2.17.1.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/onsi/ginkgo/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/onsi/ginkgo/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](onsi/ginkgo@v2.14.0...v2.17.1)

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* Bump github.com/stretchr/testify from 1.8.4 to 1.9.0 (aws#2863)

Bumps [github.com/stretchr/testify](https://github.com/stretchr/testify) from 1.8.4 to 1.9.0.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/stretchr/testify/releases)
- [Commits](stretchr/testify@v1.8.4...v1.9.0)

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* Bump github.com/prometheus/common from 0.48.0 to 0.52.2 (aws#2866)

Bumps [github.com/prometheus/common](https://github.com/prometheus/common) from 0.48.0 to 0.52.2.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/prometheus/common/releases)
- [Commits](prometheus/common@v0.48.0...v0.52.2)

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* Bump helm.sh/helm/v3 from 3.14.2 to 3.14.3 (aws#2862)

Bumps [helm.sh/helm/v3](https://github.com/helm/helm) from 3.14.2 to 3.14.3.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/helm/helm/releases)
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* Bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.17.0 to 0.18.0 in /test/agent (aws#2859)

Bumps [golang.org/x/sys](https://github.com/golang/sys) from 0.17.0 to 0.18.0.
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* Bump github.com/containernetworking/plugins from 1.4.0 to 1.4.1 (aws#2860)

Bumps [github.com/containernetworking/plugins](https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins) from 1.4.0 to 1.4.1.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins/releases)
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* remove unused Dockerfile (aws#2869)

* remove unused Dockerfile

* update golang and dependencies to fix CVE

* Update Kops test for 1.30 (aws#2868)

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* Update .go-version to 1.22.2 to fix CVE reports. (aws#2870)

* CHANGELOG, chart, and manifest changes following VPC CNI v1.18.0 release (aws#2876)

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* Update changelogs and charts for v1.18.0 release (aws#2858) (aws#2881)

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