From 16b324ab3af5760cfd5eee986bc9a6ce661173c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rahul Tank <rahul.tank@espressif.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2023 12:58:50 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Added NULL peer addr check

---
 nimble/host/src/ble_gap.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nimble/host/src/ble_gap.c b/nimble/host/src/ble_gap.c
index 095a07e98..242d156ca 100644
--- a/nimble/host/src/ble_gap.c
+++ b/nimble/host/src/ble_gap.c
@@ -5639,6 +5639,11 @@ ble_gap_connect(uint8_t own_addr_type, const ble_addr_t *peer_addr,
         goto done;
     }
 
+    if (peer_addr == NULL) {
+        rc = BLE_HS_EINVAL;
+        goto done;
+    }
+
     if (peer_addr &&
         peer_addr->type != BLE_ADDR_PUBLIC &&
         peer_addr->type != BLE_ADDR_RANDOM &&