kOps: Update AL2023 kernel to 6.12

Author: hakman

config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/helpers.py

@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ def latest_gce_image(project, family, arch="X86_64"):
 }
 
 distro_images = {
-    'al2023': latest_aws_image('137112412989', 'al2023-ami-2*-kernel-6.1-x86_64'),
-    'al2023arm64': latest_aws_image('137112412989', 'al2023-ami-2*-kernel-6.1-arm64', 'arm64'),
+    'al2023': latest_aws_image('137112412989', 'al2023-ami-2*-kernel-6.12-x86_64'),
+    'al2023arm64': latest_aws_image('137112412989', 'al2023-ami-2*-kernel-6.12-arm64', 'arm64'),
     'amzn2': latest_aws_image('137112412989', 'amzn2-ami-kernel-5.10-hvm-*-x86_64-gp2'),
     'deb11': latest_aws_image('136693071363', 'debian-11-amd64-*'),
     'deb12': latest_aws_image('136693071363', 'debian-12-amd64-*'),

config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-distros.yaml

@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.1-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.12-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-staging-kops/kops/releases/markers/master/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.1-arm64' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --zones=eu-west-1a --node-size=m6g.large --master-size=m6g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.12-arm64' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --zones=eu-west-1a --node-size=m6g.large --master-size=m6g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-staging-kops/kops/releases/markers/master/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
           --test=kops \

config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-grid.yaml

@@ -2042,7 +2042,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.1-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.12-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-staging-kops/kops/releases/markers/master/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-release-dev/ci/latest.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -2321,7 +2321,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.1-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet --set=spec.nodeProblemDetector.enabled=true --set=spec.packages=nfs-utils --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.12-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet --set=spec.nodeProblemDetector.enabled=true --set=spec.packages=nfs-utils --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-staging-kops/kops/releases/markers/master/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-release-dev/ci/latest.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -2523,7 +2523,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.1-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet --set=spec.packages=nfs-utils --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.12-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet --set=spec.packages=nfs-utils --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-staging-kops/kops/releases/markers/master/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-release-dev/ci/latest.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -2659,7 +2659,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.1-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.logLevel=4 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogMaxSize=2000000000 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.enableAggregatorRouting=true --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogPath=/var/log/kube-apiserver-audit.log --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.12-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.logLevel=4 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogMaxSize=2000000000 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.enableAggregatorRouting=true --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogPath=/var/log/kube-apiserver-audit.log --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-staging-kops/kops/releases/markers/master/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-release-dev/ci/latest.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -2727,7 +2727,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.1-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=amazonvpc --node-size=r5d.xlarge --master-size=r5d.xlarge --set=cluster.spec.networking.amazonVPC.env=ENABLE_PREFIX_DELEGATION=true --set=cluster.spec.networking.amazonVPC.env=MINIMUM_IP_TARGET=80 --set=cluster.spec.networking.amazonVPC.env=WARM_IP_TARGET=10 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.logLevel=4 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogMaxSize=2000000000 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.enableAggregatorRouting=true --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogPath=/var/log/kube-apiserver-audit.log --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.12-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=amazonvpc --node-size=r5d.xlarge --master-size=r5d.xlarge --set=cluster.spec.networking.amazonVPC.env=ENABLE_PREFIX_DELEGATION=true --set=cluster.spec.networking.amazonVPC.env=MINIMUM_IP_TARGET=80 --set=cluster.spec.networking.amazonVPC.env=WARM_IP_TARGET=10 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.logLevel=4 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogMaxSize=2000000000 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.enableAggregatorRouting=true --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogPath=/var/log/kube-apiserver-audit.log --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --cluster-name="kubernetes-e2e-al2023-aws-conformance-aws-cni.k8s.local" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-staging-kops/kops/releases/markers/master/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
@@ -2794,7 +2794,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.1-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=amazonvpc --node-size=r5d.xlarge --master-size=r5d.xlarge --set=cluster.spec.networking.amazonVPC.env=ENABLE_PREFIX_DELEGATION=true --set=cluster.spec.networking.amazonVPC.env=MINIMUM_IP_TARGET=80 --set=cluster.spec.networking.amazonVPC.env=WARM_IP_TARGET=10 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.logLevel=4 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogMaxSize=2000000000 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.enableAggregatorRouting=true --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogPath=/var/log/kube-apiserver-audit.log --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.12-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=amazonvpc --node-size=r5d.xlarge --master-size=r5d.xlarge --set=cluster.spec.networking.amazonVPC.env=ENABLE_PREFIX_DELEGATION=true --set=cluster.spec.networking.amazonVPC.env=MINIMUM_IP_TARGET=80 --set=cluster.spec.networking.amazonVPC.env=WARM_IP_TARGET=10 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.logLevel=4 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogMaxSize=2000000000 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.enableAggregatorRouting=true --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogPath=/var/log/kube-apiserver-audit.log --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --cluster-name="kubernetes-e2e-al2023-aws-conformance-aws-cni-canary.k8s.local" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-staging-kops/kops/releases/markers/master/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-release-dev/ci/latest.txt \
@@ -2863,7 +2863,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.1-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.logLevel=4 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogMaxSize=2000000000 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.enableAggregatorRouting=true --set=spec.kubeProxy.enabled=false --set=spec.networking.cilium.enableNodePort=true --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogPath=/var/log/kube-apiserver-audit.log --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.12-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.logLevel=4 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogMaxSize=2000000000 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.enableAggregatorRouting=true --set=spec.kubeProxy.enabled=false --set=spec.networking.cilium.enableNodePort=true --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogPath=/var/log/kube-apiserver-audit.log --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --cluster-name="kubernetes-e2e-al2023-aws-conformance-cilium.k8s.local" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-staging-kops/kops/releases/markers/master/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-release-dev/ci/latest.txt \
@@ -3068,7 +3068,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.1-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=amazonvpc --node-size=r5d.xlarge --master-size=r5d.xlarge --set=cluster.spec.networking.amazonVPC.env=ENABLE_PREFIX_DELEGATION=true --set=cluster.spec.networking.amazonVPC.env=MINIMUM_IP_TARGET=80 --set=cluster.spec.networking.amazonVPC.env=WARM_IP_TARGET=10 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.logLevel=4 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogMaxSize=2000000000 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.enableAggregatorRouting=true --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogPath=/var/log/kube-apiserver-audit.log --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.12-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=amazonvpc --node-size=r5d.xlarge --master-size=r5d.xlarge --set=cluster.spec.networking.amazonVPC.env=ENABLE_PREFIX_DELEGATION=true --set=cluster.spec.networking.amazonVPC.env=MINIMUM_IP_TARGET=80 --set=cluster.spec.networking.amazonVPC.env=WARM_IP_TARGET=10 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.logLevel=4 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogMaxSize=2000000000 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.enableAggregatorRouting=true --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogPath=/var/log/kube-apiserver-audit.log --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-staging-kops/kops/releases/markers/master/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-release-dev/ci/latest.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -3205,7 +3205,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.1-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet --node-volume-size=100 --set=spec.packages=nfs-utils --set=spec.packages=git --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.12-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet --node-volume-size=100 --set=spec.packages=nfs-utils --set=spec.packages=git --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-staging-kops/kops/releases/markers/master/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-release-dev/ci/latest.txt \
           --test=kops \
@@ -3273,7 +3273,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.1-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.logLevel=4 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogMaxSize=2000000000 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.enableAggregatorRouting=true --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogPath=/var/log/kube-apiserver-audit.log --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.runtimeConfig=api/all=true --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.12-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=kubenet --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.logLevel=4 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogMaxSize=2000000000 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.enableAggregatorRouting=true --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogPath=/var/log/kube-apiserver-audit.log --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.runtimeConfig=api/all=true --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kubernetes-feature-gates=AllAlpha,AllBeta,-EventedPLEG \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-staging-kops/kops/releases/markers/master/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-release-dev/ci/latest.txt \

config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-misc2.yaml

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ periodics:
           -v 2 \
           --up --down \
           --cloud-provider=aws \
-          --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.1-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --set=cluster.spec.kubeProxy.proxyMode=nftables --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+          --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.12-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --set=cluster.spec.kubeProxy.proxyMode=nftables --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
           --kops-version-marker=https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-staging-kops/kops/releases/markers/master/latest-ci-updown-green.txt \
           --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
           --test=kops \

config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-periodics-nftables.yaml

@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.1-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
+            --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.12-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.1-arm64' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --zones=eu-west-1a --node-size=m6g.large --master-size=m6g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.12-arm64' --channel=alpha --networking=cilium --zones=eu-west-1a --node-size=m6g.large --master-size=m6g.large --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \

config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-presubmits-distros.yaml

@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ presubmits:
             -v 2 \
             --up --build --down \
             --cloud-provider=aws \
-            --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.1-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=amazonvpc --node-size=r5d.xlarge --master-size=r5d.xlarge --set=cluster.spec.networking.amazonVPC.env=ENABLE_PREFIX_DELEGATION=true --set=cluster.spec.networking.amazonVPC.env=MINIMUM_IP_TARGET=80 --set=cluster.spec.networking.amazonVPC.env=WARM_IP_TARGET=10 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.logLevel=4 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogMaxSize=2000000000 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.enableAggregatorRouting=true --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogPath=/var/log/kube-apiserver-audit.log --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
+            --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.12-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=amazonvpc --node-size=r5d.xlarge --master-size=r5d.xlarge --set=cluster.spec.networking.amazonVPC.env=ENABLE_PREFIX_DELEGATION=true --set=cluster.spec.networking.amazonVPC.env=MINIMUM_IP_TARGET=80 --set=cluster.spec.networking.amazonVPC.env=WARM_IP_TARGET=10 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.logLevel=4 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogMaxSize=2000000000 --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.enableAggregatorRouting=true --set=spec.kubeAPIServer.auditLogPath=/var/log/kube-apiserver-audit.log --discovery-store=s3://k8s-kops-prow/discovery" \
             --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
             --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
             --test=kops \

config/jobs/kubernetes/kops/kops-presubmits-e2e.yaml

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ gce://images/ubuntu-os-cloud/ubuntu-2404-lts-amd64:X86_64=ubuntu-2404-noble-amd6
 gce://images/ubuntu-os-cloud/ubuntu-2404-lts-arm64:ARM64=ubuntu-2404-noble-arm64-v20250920
 gce://images/ubuntu-os-cloud/ubuntu-minimal-2404-lts-amd64:X86_64=ubuntu-minimal-2404-noble-amd64-v20250918
 gce://images/ubuntu-os-cloud/ubuntu-minimal-2404-lts-arm64:ARM64=ubuntu-minimal-2404-noble-arm64-v20250918
-aws://images/137112412989/al2023-ami-2*-kernel-6.1-x86_64:x86_64=137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.1-x86_64
-aws://images/137112412989/al2023-ami-2*-kernel-6.1-arm64:arm64=137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.1-arm64
+aws://images/137112412989/al2023-ami-2*-kernel-6.12-x86_64:x86_64=137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.12-x86_64
+aws://images/137112412989/al2023-ami-2*-kernel-6.12-arm64:arm64=137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.8.20250915.0-kernel-6.12-arm64
 aws://images/137112412989/amzn2-ami-kernel-5.10-hvm-*-x86_64-gp2:x86_64=137112412989/amzn2-ami-kernel-5.10-hvm-2.0.20250915.0-x86_64-gp2
 aws://images/136693071363/debian-11-amd64-*:x86_64=136693071363/debian-11-amd64-20250801-2191
 aws://images/136693071363/debian-12-amd64-*:x86_64=136693071363/debian-12-amd64-20250909-2230