I have not observed this however while reading the code, I noticed this as a possible condition that may not release the ip address.

If os.Open(..) returns an error, we log however continue. io.ReadAll(...) returns an invalid argument error and continues (but logs error). The .Close function handles the nil condition and continues.

podInterfaceID := string(data) is just an empty string and assuming what ever was supposed to happen on line

Note: I didn't do a full analysis however the function looks suspect.