Update dependencies to v0.24.4 tag

Automated cherry pick of #111235: fix a possible panic because of taking the address of nil

Kubernetes-commit: 72775b6edbd0d360207b30ce0e9de36bc887af42

go.mod

@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20220210224613-90d013bbcef8
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1
-	k8s.io/api v0.24.3
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.24.3
+	k8s.io/api v0.24.4
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.24.4
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.60.1
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20220328201542-3ee0da9b0b42
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20220210201930-3a6ce19ff2f9
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace (
-	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.24.3
-	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.24.3
+	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.24.4
+	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.24.4
 )

go.sum

@@ -628,10 +628,10 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
-k8s.io/api v0.24.3 h1:tt55QEmKd6L2k5DP6G/ZzdMQKvG5ro4H4teClqm0sTY=
-k8s.io/api v0.24.3/go.mod h1:elGR/XSZrS7z7cSZPzVWaycpJuGIw57j9b95/1PdJNI=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.24.3 h1:hrFiNSA2cBZqllakVYyH/VyEh4B581bQRmqATJSeQTg=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.24.3/go.mod h1:82Bi4sCzVBdpYjyI4jY6aHX+YCUchUIrZrXKedjd2UM=
+k8s.io/api v0.24.4 h1:I5Y645gJ8zWKawyr78lVfDQkZrAViSbeRXsPZWTxmXk=
+k8s.io/api v0.24.4/go.mod h1:42pVfA0NRxrtJhZQOvRSyZcJihzAdU59WBtTjYcB0/M=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.24.4 h1:S0Ur3J/PbivTcL43EdSdPhqCqKla2NIuneNwZcTDeGQ=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.24.4/go.mod h1:82Bi4sCzVBdpYjyI4jY6aHX+YCUchUIrZrXKedjd2UM=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20210813121822-485abfe95c7c/go.mod h1:FiNAH4ZV3gBg2Kwh89tzAEV2be7d5xI0vBa/VySYy3E=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:PBfzABfn139FHAV07az/IF9Wp1bkk3vpT2XSJ76fSDE=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:Od+F08eJP+W3HUb4pSrPpgp9DGU4GzlpG/TmITuYh/Y=

tools/clientcmd/auth_loaders.go

@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ func (a *PromptingAuthLoader) LoadAuth(path string) (*clientauth.Info, error) {
 	// Prompt for user/pass and write a file if none exists.
 	if _, err := os.Stat(path); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		authPtr, err := a.Prompt()
-		auth := *authPtr
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
+		auth := *authPtr
 		data, err := json.Marshal(auth)
 		if err != nil {
 			return &auth, err