From 41d6f74269660b9848e46a3f006e7e28cf35ace5 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 4ae292294..28606f51f 100644
--- a/nimble/host/src/ble_gap.c
+++ b/nimble/host/src/ble_gap.c
@@ -5727,6 +5727,11 @@ 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 &&