void dev_queue_xmit_nit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
{
	struct packet_type *ptype;
	struct sk_buff *skb2 = NULL;
	struct packet_type *pt_prev = NULL;
	struct list_head *ptype_list = &ptype_all;

	rcu_read_lock();
again:
	list_for_each_entry_rcu(ptype, ptype_list, list) {
		/* Never send packets back to the socket
		 * they originated from - MvS (miquels@drinkel.ow.org)
		 */
		if (skb_loop_sk(ptype, skb))
			continue;

		if (pt_prev) {
			deliver_skb(skb2, pt_prev, skb->dev);
			pt_prev = ptype;
			continue;
		}

		/* need to clone skb, done only once */
		skb2 = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
		if (!skb2)
			goto out_unlock;

		net_timestamp_set(skb2);

		/* skb->nh should be correctly
		 * set by sender, so that the second statement is
		 * just protection against buggy protocols.
		 */
		skb_reset_mac_header(skb2);

		if (skb_network_header(skb2) < skb2->data ||
		    skb_network_header(skb2) > skb_tail_pointer(skb2)) {
			net_crit_ratelimited("protocol %04x is buggy, dev %s\n",
					     ntohs(skb2->protocol),
					     dev->name);
			skb_reset_network_header(skb2);
		}

		skb2->transport_header = skb2->network_header;
		skb2->pkt_type = PACKET_OUTGOING;
		pt_prev = ptype;
	}

	if (ptype_list == &ptype_all) {
		ptype_list = &dev->ptype_all;
		goto again;
	}
out_unlock:
	if (pt_prev) {
		if (!skb_orphan_frags_rx(skb2, GFP_ATOMIC))
			pt_prev->func(skb2, skb->dev, pt_prev, skb->dev);
		else
			kfree_skb(skb2);
	}
	rcu_read_unlock();
}

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.