if method == "" {
		method = http.MethodPost
	}

	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, urlStr, nil)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	if body == nil {
		// this is added to avoid panic during io.ReadAll(req.Body).
		// th stack trace can be found here  https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/2074 .
		// This is very similar to https://github.com/golang/go/issues/7527.

### Other notable changes

* Fixes kube-proxy bug accessing self nodeip:port on windows ([#83027](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83027), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* Fixed panic when accessing CustomResources of a CRD with x-kubernetes-int-or-string. ([#83790](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/83790), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

- Fixes a 1.29.0 regression that introduced a possible data race that could cause panics in kube-controller-manager and kube-scheduler ([#124518](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124518), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t)) [SIG API Machinery and Scheduling]

# CL 158950043 database/sql: add Drivers, returning list of registered drivers, Russ Cox <******@****.***>
pkg database/sql, func Drivers() []string

# CL 117280043 debug/dwarf: fix Reader panic on DW_TAG_unspecified_type, Derek Parker <******@****.***>
pkg debug/dwarf, method (*UnspecifiedType) Basic() *BasicType
pkg debug/dwarf, method (*UnspecifiedType) Common() *CommonType

- Fix: GetLabelsForVolume panic issue for azure disk PV ([#92166](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92166), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

	if !s.IsValid(w, r) {
		return
	}
	rw := streamHTTPResponse(w)
	defer func() {
		if r := recover(); r != nil {
			debug.PrintStack()
			rw.CloseWithError(fmt.Errorf("panic: %v", r))
		}
	}()

	var req ReadMultipleReq
	mr := msgpNewReader(r.Body)
	defer readMsgpReaderPoolPut(mr)
	err := req.DecodeMsg(mr)
	if err != nil {
		rw.CloseWithError(err)
		return

		shards[i+k] = nil
		if parityOK[i+k] {
			shards[i+k] = splitData[i+k][startOffset:offset]
		}
	}
	// Reconstruct with current config.
	if err := rs.ReconstructData(shards); err != nil {
		panic(fmt.Sprintln("Internal error, could NOT partially reconstruct:", err))
	}
	// Copy reconstructed data back.
	verified := 0
	reconstructed := 0
	for shardsIdx, ok := range shardConfig {
		if ok == 0 {

// NewGetObjectReader creates a new GetObjectReader. The cleanUpFns
// are called on Close() in FIFO order as passed in ObjReadFn(). NOTE: It is
// assumed that clean up functions do not panic (otherwise, they may
// not all run!).
func NewGetObjectReader(rs *HTTPRangeSpec, oi ObjectInfo, opts ObjectOptions, h http.Header) (
	fn ObjReaderFn, off, length int64, err error,
) {

- Ensure getPrimaryInterfaceID not panic when network interfaces for Azure VMSS are null ([#94802](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94802), [@nilo19](https://github.com/nilo19)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fix azure file migration panic ([#94853](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94853), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

- Kube-apiserver: fix a possible panic validating a custom resource whose CustomResourceDefinition indicates a status subresource exists, but which does not define a `status` property in the `openAPIV3Schema` ([#135362](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135362), [@fusida](h...