static struct net_device *netdev_next_upper_dev_rcu(struct net_device *dev,
						    struct list_head **iter)
{
	struct netdev_adjacent *upper;

	WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_read_lock_held() && !lockdep_rtnl_is_held());

	upper = list_entry_rcu((*iter)->next, struct netdev_adjacent, list);

	if (&upper->list == &dev->adj_list.upper)
		return NULL;

	*iter = &upper->list;

	return upper->dev;
}

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