httpd/SOURCES/httpd-2.4.37-CVE-2021-34798.patch

diff --git a/server/scoreboard.c b/server/scoreboard.c
index 23e3d70..7b01bdf 100644
--- a/server/scoreboard.c
+++ b/server/scoreboard.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ AP_DECLARE(void) ap_increment_counts(ap_sb_handle_t *sb, request_rec *r)
     if (pfn_ap_logio_get_last_bytes != NULL) {
         bytes = pfn_ap_logio_get_last_bytes(r->connection);
     }
-    else if (r->method_number == M_GET && r->method[0] == 'H') {
+    else if (r->method_number == M_GET && r->method && r->method[0] == 'H') {
         bytes = 0;
     }
     else {