Panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference

[AxelAlvarsson]

What happened?

Using:

• Mac Darwin Kernel Version 23.0.0 arm64
• Kustomize version v5.2.1

Running
kustomize build --load-restrictor LoadRestrictionsNone --enable-alpha-plugins --enable-exec .

Causes error:

panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
[signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation code=0x2 addr=0x40 pc=0x104618b54]

goroutine 1 [running]:
sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/yaml.(*RNode).Content(...)
	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/yaml/rnode.go:707
sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/yaml.(*RNode).getMapFieldValue(0x14002260b08?, {0x10476bfb1?, 0x7?})
	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/yaml/rnode.go:420 +0x54
sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/yaml.(*RNode).GetApiVersion(...)
	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/yaml/rnode.go:402
sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/resid.GvkFromNode(0x140017648b8?)
	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/resid/gvk.go:32 +0x40
sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/resource.(*Resource).GetGvk(...)
	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/resource/resource.go:57
sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/resource.(*Resource).CurId(0x1400044e960)
	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/resource/resource.go:449 +0x48
sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/resmap.(*resWrangler).GetMatchingResourcesByAnyId(0x14002260ee8?, 0x14001c81140)
	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/resmap/reswrangler.go:184 +0xac
sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/resmap.demandOneMatch(0x14002260ff8, {{{0x140016a08f8, 0x5}, {0x140016a08fe, 0x2}, {0x140016a0920, 0x7}, 0x0}, {0x140021f8ec0, 0x19}, ...}, ...)
	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/resmap/reswrangler.go:227 +0xc8
sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/resmap.(*resWrangler).GetById(0x14002220140?, {{{0x140016a08f8, 0x5}, {0x140016a08fe, 0x2}, {0x140016a0920, 0x7}, 0x0}, {0x140021f8ec0, 0x19}, ...})
	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/resmap/reswrangler.go:214 +0x9c
sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/builtins.(*PatchTransformerPlugin).transformStrategicMerge(0xf?, {0x104a4e998, 0x1400000f2c0})
	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/builtins/PatchTransformer.go:112 +0x2d0
sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/builtins.(*PatchTransformerPlugin).Transform(0x1400000f2c0?, {0x104a4e998?, 0x1400000f2c0?})
	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/builtins/PatchTransformer.go:87 +0x2c
sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/target.(*multiTransformer).Transform(0x140021a14a0?, {0x104a4e998, 0x1400000f2c0})
	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/target/multitransformer.go:30 +0x88
sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/accumulator.(*ResAccumulator).Transform(...)
	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/accumulator/resaccumulator.go:141
sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/target.(*KustTarget).runTransformers(0x1400007eeb0, 0x1400007bf80)
	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/target/kusttarget.go:343 +0x1ac
sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/target.(*KustTarget).accumulateTarget(0x1400007eeb0, 0x140002a2928?)
	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/target/kusttarget.go:237 +0x318
sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/target.(*KustTarget).AccumulateTarget(0x0?)
	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/target/kusttarget.go:194 +0x10c
sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/target.(*KustTarget).makeCustomizedResMap(0x1400007eeb0)
	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/target/kusttarget.go:135 +0x68
sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/target.(*KustTarget).MakeCustomizedResMap(...)
	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/target/kusttarget.go:126
sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/krusty.(*Kustomizer).Run(0x14002261c98, {0x104a49758, 0x104fe5840}, {0x16bd6f88a, 0x1})
	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/krusty/kustomizer.go:90 +0x248
sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5/commands/build.NewCmdBuild.func1(0x140001d6300?, {0x14000048ba0?, 0x4?, 0x104768ff8?})
	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5/commands/build/build.go:82 +0x15c
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).execute(0x14000270600, {0x14000048b40, 0x6, 0x6})
	github.com/spf13/cobra@v1.7.0/command.go:940 +0x658
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).ExecuteC(0x14000270000)
	github.com/spf13/cobra@v1.7.0/command.go:1068 +0x320
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).Execute(0x104ef95a8?)
	github.com/spf13/cobra@v1.7.0/command.go:992 +0x1c
main.main()
	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5/main.go:14 +0x20

(Naming changed in some of the following)

Kustomization.yaml file:

apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Kustomization
namespace: namespace-name

resources:
  - ../../base

patches:
  - path: resource-patch.yaml
  - path: delete-some-worker.yaml

delete-some-worker.yaml file

$patch: delete
apiVersion: batch/v1
kind: CronJob
metadata:
  name: first-worker
---
$patch: delete
apiVersion: batch/v1
kind: CronJob
metadata:
  name: second-worker
---
$patch: delete
apiVersion: batch/v1
kind: CronJob
metadata:
  name: third-worker

The base some-worker.yaml definition is fine and works in any other context so that is not the issue.

What did you expect to happen?

Extpecting a successfull manifest output.

How can we reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible)?

Use the same format of deletions as with the delete-some-worker.yaml file.

TESTED THIS:

• If I comment out any two of the three definitions in the delete-some-worker.yaml file it works.
• Same as if I split them out to their own files, it works.

My current guess is that several $patch: delete definitions with no more than metadata name as difference is not an intentional panic, instead an uncovered usecase?

Expected output

No response

Actual output

No response

Kustomize version

v5.2.1

Operating system

MacOS

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[yogeek]

I have the same issue with multiple $patch: delete patches in the same file which prevents me to convert the patchesStrategicMerge to patches
Seems related to #5049

[CyDickey-msr]

I ran into this problem too when I had multiple $patch: delete in a single patch file.

For example:

---
$patch: delete
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: Role
metadata:
  name: XXXX
  namespace: XXXX
---
$patch: delete
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
  name: XXXX
  namespace: XXXX

Breaking them out into their own patch .yaml file works tho and so does adding individual patches to the kustomization.yaml. For example:

patches:
  - patch: |-
      $patch: delete
      apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
      kind: Role
      metadata:
        name: XXXX
        namespace: XXXX
  - patch: |-
      $patch: delete
      apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
      kind: RoleBinding
      metadata:
        name: XXXX
        namespace: XXXX

Like yogeek said I think this is intentional based on #5049 (comment)

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