#fixed code
                              @Override
  public void registerBeanDefinitions(AnnotationMetadata importingClassMetadata, BeanDefinitionRegistry registry) {
    AnnotationAttributes mapperScanAttrs = AnnotationAttributes
        .fromMap(importingClassMetadata.getAnnotationAttributes(MapperScan.class.getName()));
    if (mapperScanAttrs != null) {
      registerBeanDefinitions(mapperScanAttrs, registry);
    }
  }
#vulnerable code 
                              @Override
  public void registerBeanDefinitions(AnnotationMetadata importingClassMetadata, BeanDefinitionRegistry registry) {

    AnnotationAttributes annoAttrs = AnnotationAttributes.fromMap(importingClassMetadata.getAnnotationAttributes(MapperScan.class.getName()));
    ClassPathMapperScanner scanner = new ClassPathMapperScanner(registry);

    // this check is needed in Spring 3.1
    if (resourceLoader != null) {
      scanner.setResourceLoader(resourceLoader);
    }

    Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass = annoAttrs.getClass("annotationClass");
    if (!Annotation.class.equals(annotationClass)) {
      scanner.setAnnotationClass(annotationClass);
    }

    Class<?> markerInterface = annoAttrs.getClass("markerInterface");
    if (!Class.class.equals(markerInterface)) {
      scanner.setMarkerInterface(markerInterface);
    }

    Class<? extends BeanNameGenerator> generatorClass = annoAttrs.getClass("nameGenerator");
    if (!BeanNameGenerator.class.equals(generatorClass)) {
      scanner.setBeanNameGenerator(BeanUtils.instantiateClass(generatorClass));
    }

    Class<? extends MapperFactoryBean> mapperFactoryBeanClass = annoAttrs.getClass("factoryBean");
    if (!MapperFactoryBean.class.equals(mapperFactoryBeanClass)) {
      scanner.setMapperFactoryBean(BeanUtils.instantiateClass(mapperFactoryBeanClass));
    }

    scanner.setSqlSessionTemplateBeanName(annoAttrs.getString("sqlSessionTemplateRef"));
    scanner.setSqlSessionFactoryBeanName(annoAttrs.getString("sqlSessionFactoryRef"));

    List<String> basePackages = new ArrayList<>();
    basePackages.addAll(
        Arrays.stream(annoAttrs.getStringArray("value"))
            .filter(StringUtils::hasText)
            .collect(Collectors.toList()));

    basePackages.addAll(
        Arrays.stream(annoAttrs.getStringArray("basePackages"))
            .filter(StringUtils::hasText)
            .collect(Collectors.toList()));

    basePackages.addAll(
        Arrays.stream(annoAttrs.getClassArray("basePackageClasses"))
            .map(ClassUtils::getPackageName)
            .collect(Collectors.toList()));

    scanner.registerFilters();
    scanner.doScan(StringUtils.toStringArray(basePackages));
  } 
                            #location 12 
                            #vulnerability type NULL_DEREFERENCE