user gardener util funcs to check version

pkg/controller/controlplane/valuesprovider.go

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
 	extensionscontroller "github.com/gardener/gardener/extensions/pkg/controller"
 	"github.com/gardener/gardener/extensions/pkg/controller/controlplane/genericactuator"
 	extensionssecretsmanager "github.com/gardener/gardener/extensions/pkg/util/secret/manager"
@@ -23,8 +24,8 @@ import (
 	kutil "github.com/gardener/gardener/pkg/utils/kubernetes"
 	secretutils "github.com/gardener/gardener/pkg/utils/secrets"
 	secretsmanager "github.com/gardener/gardener/pkg/utils/secrets/manager"
+	versionutils "github.com/gardener/gardener/pkg/utils/version"
 	monitoringv1 "github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring/v1"
-	"golang.org/x/mod/semver"
 	admissionregistrationv1 "k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -477,13 +478,11 @@ func getCSIControllerChartValues(
 		},
 	}
 
-	// golang mod's semver considers only semvers starting with 'v' to be proper semver, so we need to do some checking/converting here.
-	// On the bright side, it can handle the shoot-spec-supported case of partial semvers, e.g.: (v)1.31
-	k8sVersion := cluster.Shoot.Spec.Kubernetes.Version
-	if !strings.HasPrefix(k8sVersion, "v") {
-		k8sVersion = "v" + k8sVersion
+	k8sVersion, err := semver.NewVersion(cluster.Shoot.Spec.Kubernetes.Version)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	if semver.Compare(k8sVersion, "v1.30.0") > 0 {
+	if versionutils.ConstraintK8sGreaterEqual131.Check(k8sVersion) {
 		if _, ok := cluster.Shoot.Annotations[gcp.AnnotationEnableVolumeAttributesClass]; ok {
 			values["csiDriver"] = map[string]interface{}{
 				"storage": map[string]interface{}{