From 9018c75d5d720175d438fa1c8ee08803c451737c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ningmingxiao <ning.mingxiao@zte.com.cn>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 11:28:54 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] cri: fix create container panic if originalAnnotations is nil
 when restore container

Signed-off-by: ningmingxiao <ning.mingxiao@zte.com.cn>
---
 internal/cri/server/container_checkpoint_linux.go | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/internal/cri/server/container_checkpoint_linux.go b/internal/cri/server/container_checkpoint_linux.go
index b54963ae86..b07491d423 100644
--- a/internal/cri/server/container_checkpoint_linux.go
+++ b/internal/cri/server/container_checkpoint_linux.go
@@ -253,6 +253,9 @@ func (c *criService) CRImportCheckpoint(
 	}
 
 	originalAnnotations := containerStatus.GetAnnotations()
+	if originalAnnotations == nil {
+		originalAnnotations = make(map[string]string)
+	}
 	originalLabels := containerStatus.GetLabels()
 
 	sandboxUID := sandboxConfig.GetMetadata().GetUid()