Add iam:ListInstanceProfiles permission to Karpenter#17854
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The karpenter jobs are failing with this iam permission error:
https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-misc#kops-aws-karpenter
https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-ci-logs/logs/e2e-kops-aws-karpenter/2010022566961352704/artifacts/cluster-info/kube-system/karpenter-849c87cc57-qzjgr/controller.log
{"level":"ERROR","time":"2026-01-10T16:26:41.804Z","logger":"controller","caller":"controller/controller.go:474","message":"Reconciler error","commit":"1ad0d78","controller":"instanceprofile.garbagecollection","namespace":"","name":"","reconcileID":"c21b77ab-9df2-4d77-9afd-208c51bc1d23","aws-error-code":"AccessDenied","aws-operation-name":"ListInstanceProfiles","aws-request-id":"9feb3d6b-17de-47b9-94c1-fe1312ebc017","aws-service-name":"IAM","aws-status-code":403,"error":"listing instance profiles, listing instance profiles, operation error IAM: ListInstanceProfiles, https response error StatusCode: 403, RequestID: 9feb3d6b-17de-47b9-94c1-fe1312ebc017, api error AccessDenied: User: arn:aws:sts::808842816990:assumed-role/karpenter.kube-system.sa.e2e-e2e-kops-aws-karpenter.tests-qd5hli/1768062234299783051 is not authorized to perform: iam:ListInstanceProfiles on resource: arn:aws:iam::808842816990:instance-profile/karpenter/eu-west-1/e2e-e2e-kops-aws-karpenter.tests-kops-aws.k8s.io/ because no identity-based policy allows the iam:ListInstanceProfiles action (aws-error-code=AccessDenied, aws-operation-name=ListInstanceProfiles, aws-request-id=9feb3d6b-17de-47b9-94c1-fe1312ebc017, aws-service-name=IAM, aws-status-code=403)"}