From 78651d16463557346feb8c93e614ae351341cdc1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vedant Madane <6527493+VedantMadane@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:27:18 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: fix: return after DNS resolve failure in checkIfIpIsLive

- Missing return after ResolveTCPAddr error led to nil pointer panic on DialTimeout.

Fixes #985

Signed-off-by: Vedant Madane <6527493+VedantMadane@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 pkg/ibm/ibmz_helpers.go | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/pkg/ibm/ibmz_helpers.go b/pkg/ibm/ibmz_helpers.go
index 8f6dee5b0..ed2822ab1 100644
--- a/pkg/ibm/ibmz_helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/ibm/ibmz_helpers.go
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ func checkIfIpIsLive(ctx context.Context, ip string) error {
 	server, err := net.ResolveTCPAddr("tcp", ip+":22")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error(err, "failed to resolve ip address")
+		return err
 	}
 	conn, err := net.DialTimeout(server.Network(), server.String(), 5*time.Second)
 	if err != nil {