reef 18.2.6 hotfix QE validation status

Details of this release are summarized here: https://tracker.ceph.com/issues/70938#note-1 Release Notes - TBD LRC upgrade - N/A Seeking approvals/reviews for: smoke - same as in 18.2.5 rados - Radek, Laura approved? orch - Adam King, Guillaume approved? This release has two PRs: https://github.com/ceph/ceph/pull/62791 https://github.com/ceph/ceph/pull/62814 and has limited testing (only three suits above)