v1.17.4

What's Changed

• Update changelog and test image to release-v1.17.1 by @Sneha-at in #1971
• Fix CVE-2025-22870 by @Sneha-at in #1991
• [release-1.17] Pass performance parameters when creating regional disks. by @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot in #1992
• [release-1.17] Fix logic bug while checking available LSSDs for RAIDing for Data Cache by @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot in #1994
• [release-1.17] Add exponential backoff retries for getting Node from API server logic by @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot in #1995

Full Changelog: v1.17.2...v1.17.4