[release-4.17] OCPBUGS-62170: Fix - NetworkManager restart or crash renders br-ex unusable

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This is an automated cherry-pick of #5304

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@openshift-cherrypick-robot: Detected clone of Jira Issue OCPBUGS-54682 with correct target version. Will retitle the PR to link to the clone.
/retitle [release-4.17] OCPBUGS-62170: Fix - NetworkManager restart or crash renders br-ex unusable

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This is an automated cherry-pick of #5304

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@openshift-cherrypick-robot: This pull request references Jira Issue OCPBUGS-62170, which is invalid:

• release note text must be set and not match the template OR release note type must be set to "Release Note Not Required". For more information you can reference the OpenShift Bug Process.
• expected dependent Jira Issue OCPBUGS-62169 to be in one of the following states: VERIFIED, RELEASE PENDING, CLOSED (ERRATA), CLOSED (CURRENT RELEASE), CLOSED (DONE), CLOSED (DONE-ERRATA), but it is New instead

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In response to this:

This is an automated cherry-pick of #5304

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ci/prow/e2e-hypershift	cd128fd	link	true	/test e2e-hypershift

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[mkowalski]

/lgtm

[yuqi-zhang]

/label backport-risk-assessed

Clean backport and should be generally safe

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