static int simple_check_buf(struct usbtest_dev *tdev, struct urb *urb)
{
	unsigned	i;
	u8		expected;
	u8		*buf = urb->transfer_buffer;
	unsigned	len = urb->actual_length;
	unsigned	maxpacket = get_maxpacket(urb->dev, urb->pipe);

	int ret = check_guard_bytes(tdev, urb);
	if (ret)
		return ret;

	for (i = 0; i < len; i++, buf++) {
		switch (pattern) {
		/* all-zeroes has no synchronization issues */
		case 0:
			expected = 0;
			break;
		/* mod63 stays in sync with short-terminated transfers,
		 * or otherwise when host and gadget agree on how large
		 * each usb transfer request should be.  resync is done
		 * with set_interface or set_config.
		 */
		case 1:			/* mod63 */
			expected = (i % maxpacket) % 63;
			break;
		/* always fail unsupported patterns */
		default:
			expected = !*buf;
			break;
		}
		if (*buf == expected)
			continue;
		ERROR(tdev, "buf[%d] = %d (not %d)\n", i, *buf, expected);
		return -EINVAL;
	}
	return 0;
}

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