From 73935b0bfd34e080ddffca573397cbe3e0b1f9de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "seer-by-sentry[bot]"
 <157164994+seer-by-sentry[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 23:13:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(team): Prevent null dereference in
 TeamFactory::createTeam

---
 Generals/Code/GameEngine/Source/Common/RTS/Team.cpp | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Source/Common/RTS/Team.cpp b/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Source/Common/RTS/Team.cpp
index c9016d189ad..3727db6b2e7 100644
--- a/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Source/Common/RTS/Team.cpp
+++ b/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Source/Common/RTS/Team.cpp
@@ -364,9 +364,9 @@ Team *TeamFactory::createInactiveTeam(const AsciiString& name)
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Team *TeamFactory::createTeam(const AsciiString& name)
 {
-	Team *t = NULL;
-	t = createInactiveTeam(name);
-	t->setActive();
+	Team *t = createInactiveTeam(name);
+	if (t)
+		t->setActive();
 	return t;
 }