#fixed code
                                private List<Node<T, S>> createChildren() {
        List<Node<T, S>> children = new ArrayList<Node<T, S>>(node.childrenLength());
        for (int i = 0; i < node.childrenLength(); i++) {
            Node_ child = node.children(i);
            if (child.childrenLength() > 0)
                children.add(new NonLeafFlatBuffersStatic<T, S>(child, context, deserializer));
            else
                children.add(new LeafDefault<T, S>(
                        FlatBuffersHelper.<T, S> createEntries(child, deserializer), context));
        }
        return children;
    }
#vulnerable code 
                                private List<Node<T, S>> createChildren() {
        List<Node<T, S>> children = new ArrayList<Node<T, S>>(node.childrenLength());
        for (int i = 0; i < node.childrenLength(); i++) {
            children.add(
                    new NonLeafFlatBuffersStatic<T, S>(node.children(i), context, deserializer));
        }
        return children;
    } 
                            #location 5 
                            #vulnerability type NULL_DEREFERENCE