fix(taint deletion): handle nil values to prevent panic

Signed-off-by: nueavv <[email protected]>

Author: nueavv

pkg/cloud/converters/eks.go

@@ -109,14 +109,10 @@ func TaintsFromSDK(taints []*eks.Taint) (expinfrav1.Taints, error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("converting taint effect %s: %w", *taint.Effect, err)
 		}
-		taintValue := ""
-		if taint.Value != nil {
-			taintValue = *taint.Value
-		}
 		converted = append(converted, expinfrav1.Taint{
 			Effect: convertedEffect,
 			Key:    *taint.Key,
-			Value:  taintValue,
+			Value:  aws.StringValue(taint.Value),
 		})
 	}
 

pkg/cloud/converters/eks_test.go

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.
+Copyright 2024 The Kubernetes Authors.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.