diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index eb6080095..b324282c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.17.x, 1.18.x]
+        go-version: [1.18.x, 1.19.x]
         rootless: ["rootless", ""]
         race: ["-race", ""]
         criu: [""]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index b1eadf40b..d91ba4469 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
       - release-*
   pull_request:
 env:
-  GO_VERSION: 1.18.x
+  GO_VERSION: 1.19.x
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt -q install libseccomp-dev
       - uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
         with:
-          version: v1.46
+          version: v1.48
       # Extra linters, only checking new code from a pull request.
       - name: lint-extra
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3db72c81d..d0fa9e1df 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ A third party security audit was performed by Cure53, you can see the full repor
 
 ## Building
 
-`runc` only supports Linux. It must be built with Go version 1.17 or higher.
+`runc` only supports Linux. It must be built with Go version 1.18 or higher.
 
 In order to enable seccomp support you will need to install `libseccomp` on your platform.
 > e.g. `libseccomp-devel` for CentOS, or `libseccomp-dev` for Ubuntu
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 62dd94850..8a561c953 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/opencontainers/runc
 
-go 1.17
+go 1.18
 
 require (
 	github.com/checkpoint-restore/go-criu/v5 v5.3.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 327510921..bd86719d3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.3.2 h1:D9/bQk5vlXQFZ6Kwuu6zaiXJ9oTPe68++AzA
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.3.2/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d h1:U+s90UTSYgptZMwQh2aRr3LuazLJIa+Pg3Kc1ylSYVY=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsrgA7czyZG/E6dU=
-github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.2.3 h1:YX6ebbZCZP7VkM3scTTokDgBL2TY741X51MTk3ycuNI=
 github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.2.3/go.mod h1:aPGpWjXOXUn2NCNjFvBE6aRxGGx79pTxQpKOJNYHHl4=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
@@ -18,21 +17,14 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSs
 github.com/docker/go-units v0.4.0 h1:3uh0PgVws3nIA0Q+MwDC8yjEPf9zjRfZZWXZYDct3Tw=
 github.com/docker/go-units v0.4.0/go.mod h1:fgPhTUdO+D/Jk86RDLlptpiXQzgHJF7gydDDbaIK4Dk=
 github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.0 h1:+cqqvzZV87b4adx/5ayVOaYZ2CrvM4ejQvUdBzPPUss=
-github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.0/go.mod h1:NeW+ay9A/U67EYXNFA1nPE8e/tnQv/09mUdL/ijj8og=
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.1.0 h1:4KLkAxT3aOY8Li4FRJe/KvhoNFFxo0m6fNuFUO8QJUk=
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.1.0/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaSAoJOfIk=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6 h1:BKbKCqvP6I+rmFHt06ZmyQtvB8xAkWdhFyr0ZUNZcxQ=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
-github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.0 h1:WgNl7dwNpEZ6jJ9k1snq4pZsg7DOEN8hP9Xw0Tsjwk0=
-github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.0/go.mod h1:640gp4NfQd8pI5XOwp5fnNeVWj67G7CFk/SaSQn7NBk=
-github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
-github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
-github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
 github.com/moby/sys/mountinfo v0.6.2 h1:BzJjoreD5BMFNmD9Rus6gdd1pLuecOFPt8wC+Vygl78=
 github.com/moby/sys/mountinfo v0.6.2/go.mod h1:IJb6JQeOklcdMU9F5xQ8ZALD+CUr5VlGpwtX+VE0rpI=
 github.com/mrunalp/fileutils v0.5.0 h1:NKzVxiH7eSk+OQ4M+ZYW1K6h27RUV3MI6NUTsHhU6Z4=
@@ -44,7 +36,6 @@ github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.10.1/go.mod h1:2i0OySw99QjzBBQByd1Gr9gSjvuh
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.6.1 h1:/FiVV8dS/e+YqF2JvO3yXRFbBLTIuSDkuC7aBOAvL+k=
-github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.6.1/go.mod h1:xXDCJY+GAPziupqXw64V24skbSoqbTEfhy4qGm1nDQc=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1 h1:lPqVAte+HuHNfhJ/0LC98ESWRz8afy9tM/0RK8m9o+Q=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
 github.com/seccomp/libseccomp-golang v0.10.0 h1:aA4bp+/Zzi0BnWZ2F1wgNBs5gTpm+na2rWM6M9YjLpY=
@@ -70,7 +61,6 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190606203320-7fc4e5ec1444/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191115151921-52ab43148777/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210124154548-22da62e12c0c/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210906170528-6f6e22806c34/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220520151302-bc2c85ada10a/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8 h1:0A+M6Uqn+Eje4kHMK80dtF3JCXC4ykBgQG4Fe06QRhQ=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
@@ -84,8 +74,6 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQ
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1 h1:d0NfwRgPtno5B1Wa6L2DAG+KivqkdutMf1UhdNx175w=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
-gopkg.in/errgo.v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:hNsd1EY+bozCKY1Ytp96fpM3vjJbqLJn88ws8XvfDNI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c h1:dUUwHk2QECo/6vqA44rthZ8ie2QXMNeKRTHCNY2nXvo=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/devices/ebpf_linux.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/devices/ebpf_linux.go
index 499b4677e..b7125fa5f 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/devices/ebpf_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/devices/ebpf_linux.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 // Loosely based on the BPF_F_REPLACE support check in
-//   <https://github.com/cilium/ebpf/blob/v0.6.0/link/syscalls.go>.
+// https://github.com/cilium/ebpf/blob/v0.6.0/link/syscalls.go.
 //
 // TODO: move this logic to cilium/ebpf
 func haveBpfProgReplace() bool {
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/utils.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/utils.go
index b32af4ee5..fc4ae44a4 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/utils.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/utils.go
@@ -162,8 +162,10 @@ func readProcsFile(dir string) ([]int, error) {
 
 // ParseCgroupFile parses the given cgroup file, typically /proc/self/cgroup
 // or /proc/<pid>/cgroup, into a map of subsystems to cgroup paths, e.g.
-//   "cpu": "/user.slice/user-1000.slice"
-//   "pids": "/user.slice/user-1000.slice"
+//
+//	"cpu": "/user.slice/user-1000.slice"
+//	"pids": "/user.slice/user-1000.slice"
+//
 // etc.
 //
 // Note that for cgroup v2 unified hierarchy, there are no per-controller
diff --git a/libcontainer/configs/validate/validator.go b/libcontainer/configs/validate/validator.go
index f69c07c04..2027a3720 100644
--- a/libcontainer/configs/validate/validator.go
+++ b/libcontainer/configs/validate/validator.go
@@ -118,9 +118,8 @@ func namespaces(config *configs.Config) error {
 // convertSysctlVariableToDotsSeparator can return sysctl variables in dots separator format.
 // The '/' separator is also accepted in place of a '.'.
 // Convert the sysctl variables to dots separator format for validation.
-// More info:
-//   https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/sysctl.8.html
-//   https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/sysctl.d.5.html
+// More info: sysctl(8), sysctl.d(5).
+//
 // For example:
 // Input sysctl variable "net/ipv4/conf/eno2.100.rp_filter"
 // will return the converted value "net.ipv4.conf.eno2/100.rp_filter"
diff --git a/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux.go b/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux.go
index 55ccabeef..d62e34be7 100644
--- a/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux.go
@@ -173,18 +173,19 @@ func KnownMountOptions() []string {
 // AllowedDevices is the set of devices which are automatically included for
 // all containers.
 //
-// XXX (cyphar)
-//    This behaviour is at the very least "questionable" (if not outright
-//    wrong) according to the runtime-spec.
+// # XXX (cyphar)
 //
-//    Yes, we have to include certain devices other than the ones the user
-//    specifies, but several devices listed here are not part of the spec
-//    (including "mknod for any device"?!). In addition, these rules are
-//    appended to the user-provided set which means that users *cannot disable
-//    this behaviour*.
+// This behaviour is at the very least "questionable" (if not outright
+// wrong) according to the runtime-spec.
 //
-//    ... unfortunately I'm too scared to change this now because who knows how
-//    many people depend on this (incorrect and arguably insecure) behaviour.
+// Yes, we have to include certain devices other than the ones the user
+// specifies, but several devices listed here are not part of the spec
+// (including "mknod for any device"?!). In addition, these rules are
+// appended to the user-provided set which means that users *cannot disable
+// this behaviour*.
+//
+// ... unfortunately I'm too scared to change this now because who knows how
+// many people depend on this (incorrect and arguably insecure) behaviour.
 var AllowedDevices = []*devices.Device{
 	// allow mknod for any device
 	{
diff --git a/libcontainer/sync.go b/libcontainer/sync.go
index c9a23ef3a..25dc28630 100644
--- a/libcontainer/sync.go
+++ b/libcontainer/sync.go
@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@ type syncType string
 // during container setup. They come in pairs (with procError being a generic
 // response which is followed by an &initError).
 //
-// [  child  ] <-> [   parent   ]
+//	[  child  ] <-> [   parent   ]
 //
-// procHooks   --> [run hooks]
-//             <-- procResume
+//	procHooks   --> [run hooks]
+//	            <-- procResume
 //
-// procReady   --> [final setup]
-//             <-- procRun
+//	procReady   --> [final setup]
+//	            <-- procRun
 //
-// procSeccomp --> [pick up seccomp fd with pidfd_getfd()]
-//             <-- procSeccompDone
+//	procSeccomp --> [pick up seccomp fd with pidfd_getfd()]
+//	            <-- procSeccompDone
 const (
 	procError       syncType = "procError"
 	procReady       syncType = "procReady"
diff --git a/libcontainer/user/user.go b/libcontainer/user/user.go
index 2473c5ead..a1e216683 100644
--- a/libcontainer/user/user.go
+++ b/libcontainer/user/user.go
@@ -280,13 +280,13 @@ func GetExecUserPath(userSpec string, defaults *ExecUser, passwdPath, groupPath
 // found in any entry in passwd and group respectively.
 //
 // Examples of valid user specifications are:
-//     * ""
-//     * "user"
-//     * "uid"
-//     * "user:group"
-//     * "uid:gid
-//     * "user:gid"
-//     * "uid:group"
+//   - ""
+//   - "user"
+//   - "uid"
+//   - "user:group"
+//   - "uid:gid
+//   - "user:gid"
+//   - "uid:group"
 //
 // It should be noted that if you specify a numeric user or group id, they will
 // not be evaluated as usernames (only the metadata will be filled). So attempting