lib: Correct null pointer check

In order to prevent a possible null pointer dereference, return early if
either one of 'in' or 'data' is null.

Signed-off-by: Jacob Garber <jgarber1@ualberta.ca>
Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Atish Patra <atish.patra@wdc.com>