Merge pull request #7907 from cniethammer/null_pointer_arithmetic_fix

Fix null pointer arithmetic resulting in potential undefined behavior

opal/class/opal_free_list.c

@@ -272,7 +272,9 @@ int opal_free_list_grow_st (opal_free_list_t* flist, size_t num_elements, opal_f
         }
 
         ptr += head_size;
-        payload_ptr += elem_size;
+        if (NULL != payload_ptr) {
+            payload_ptr += elem_size;
+        }
     }
 
     if (OPAL_SUCCESS != rc && 0 == num_elements) {