From f798aa53361b67af03165c9d2ec843ad49c848be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Md_Mushfiqur Rahim <20mahin20201@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 11:20:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: handle nil debug.BuildInfo for non-go-build binaries

When Helm is built with Bazel (or other build tools that don't populate
debug.BuildInfo), debug.ReadBuildInfo() returns nil, causing a panic.
Add a nil check and fallback to safe defaults.

Fixes #31904

Signed-off-by: Md_Mushfiqur Rahim <20mahin20201@gmail.com>
---
 internal/version/clientgo.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/internal/version/clientgo.go b/internal/version/clientgo.go
index 50a4fd5cb..4cc10b9a0 100644
--- a/internal/version/clientgo.go
+++ b/internal/version/clientgo.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 
 func K8sIOClientGoModVersion() (string, error) {
 	info, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo()
-	if !ok {
+	if !ok || info == nil {
 		return "", errors.New("failed to read build info")
 	}