Welcome to the v1.6.1 release of containerd!
The first patch release for containerd 1.6 includes a fix for
[CVE-2022-23648](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-crp2-qrr5-8pq7)
and other issues.
### Notable Updates
* **Use fs.RootPath when mounting volumes** ([GHSA-crp2-qrr5-8pq7](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-crp2-qrr5-8pq7))
* **Return init pid when clean dead shim in runc.v1/v2 shims** ([#6572](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/6572))
See the changelog for complete list of changes
Please try out the release binaries and report any issues at
https://github.com/containerd/containerd/issues.
### Contributors
* Derek McGowan
* Jeff Zvier
* Maksym Pavlenko
* Wei Fu
* ruiwen-zhao
### Changes
<details><summary>7 commits</summary>
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* [release/1.6] Prepare release notes for v1.6.1 ([#6607](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/6607))
* Prepare release notes for v1.6.1
* Github Security Advisory [GHSA-crp2-qrr5-8pq7](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-crp2-qrr5-8pq7)
* Use fs.RootPath when mounting volumes
* [release/1.6] runc.v1/v2: return init pid when clean dead shim ([#6572](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/6572))
* containerd-shim-runc-v1: return init pid when clean dead shim
* containerd-shim-runc-v2: return init pid when clean dead shim
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### Dependency Changes
This release has no dependency changes
Previous release can be found at [v1.6.0](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.6.0)