From d14eaa9b4915e27838d34ef6bfa1ae7bf065cfd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arthur Fritz Santiago <arthurfritzz@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 May 2023 01:43:48 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix:  runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer
 dereference (#1649)

---
 pkg/yqlib/decoder_json.go | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/decoder_json.go b/pkg/yqlib/decoder_json.go
index 35da646775..cd8cf5ccf0 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/decoder_json.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/decoder_json.go
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ func (dec *jsonDecoder) Decode() (*CandidateNode, error) {
 }
 
 func (dec *jsonDecoder) convertToYamlNode(data *orderedMap) (*yaml.Node, error) {
+	if data == nil {
+		return createScalarNode(nil, "null"), nil
+	}
 	if data.kv == nil {
 		switch rawData := data.altVal.(type) {
 		case nil: