Check for nil before using HostConfig to adjustCpuShares

Fix #14915. Add unit test for #14915.
Thanks @runcom for the test case: when the client calls 1.18 api
version w/o hostconfig it results in a nil pointer dereference.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rust <srust@blockbridge.com>

api/server/server_linux.go

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func allocateDaemonPort(addr string) error {
 
 func adjustCpuShares(version version.Version, hostConfig *runconfig.HostConfig) {
 	if version.LessThan("1.19") {
-		if hostConfig.CpuShares > 0 {
+		if hostConfig != nil && hostConfig.CpuShares > 0 {
 			// Handle unsupported CpuShares
 			if hostConfig.CpuShares < linuxMinCpuShares {
 				logrus.Warnf("Changing requested CpuShares of %d to minimum allowed of %d", hostConfig.CpuShares, linuxMinCpuShares)

integration-cli/docker_api_containers_test.go

@@ -1687,3 +1687,13 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestPostContainersStartWithLinksInHostConfigIdLinked(c *ch
 	c.Assert(res.StatusCode, check.Equals, http.StatusNoContent)
 	b.Close()
 }
+
+// #14915
+func (s *DockerSuite) TestContainersApiCreateNoHostConfig118(c *check.C) {
+	config := struct {
+		Image string
+	}{"busybox"}
+	status, _, err := sockRequest("POST", "/v1.18/containers/create", config)
+	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
+	c.Assert(status, check.Equals, http.StatusCreated)
+}