The packet pointer (called packet) will remain uninitialized when
pcap_next_ex() returns an error. This occurs when the wlan
interface is shut down using ifconfig destroy. Adding a NULL
assignment to packet duplicates what pcap_next() does.
The reason we use pcap_next_ex() in this instance is because with
pacp_next() when we receive a null pointer if there was an error
or if no packets were read. With pcap_next_ex() we can differentiate
between an error and legitimately no packets were received.
PR: 270649
Reported by: Robert Morris <rtm@lcs.mit.edu>
Fixes: 6e5d01124f
MFC after: 3 days
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