gui: guard accessing a nullptr 'clientModel'

During shutdown, already queue events dispatched from the backend such
'numConnectionsChanged' and 'networkActiveChanged' could try to access
the clientModel object, which might not exist because we manually delete
it inside 'BitcoinApplication::requestShutdown()'.

src/qt/bitcoin.cpp

@@ -372,6 +372,11 @@ void BitcoinApplication::requestShutdown()
     // Request node shutdown, which can interrupt long operations, like
     // rescanning a wallet.
     node().startShutdown();
+    // Prior to unsetting the client model, stop listening backend signals
+    if (clientModel) {
+        clientModel->stop();
+    }
+
     // Unsetting the client model can cause the current thread to wait for node
     // to complete an operation, like wait for a RPC execution to complete.
     window->setClientModel(nullptr);

src/qt/bitcoingui.cpp

@@ -989,6 +989,7 @@ void BitcoinGUI::gotoLoadPSBT(bool from_clipboard)
 
 void BitcoinGUI::updateNetworkState()
 {
+    if (!clientModel) return;
     int count = clientModel->getNumConnections();
     QString icon;
     switch(count)

src/qt/clientmodel.cpp

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ ClientModel::ClientModel(interfaces::Node& node, OptionsModel *_optionsModel, QO
     subscribeToCoreSignals();
 }
 
-ClientModel::~ClientModel()
+void ClientModel::stop()
 {
     unsubscribeFromCoreSignals();
 
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ ClientModel::~ClientModel()
     m_thread->wait();
 }
 
+ClientModel::~ClientModel()
+{
+    stop();
+}
+
 int ClientModel::getNumConnections(unsigned int flags) const
 {
     ConnectionDirection connections = ConnectionDirection::None;

src/qt/clientmodel.h

@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ public:
     explicit ClientModel(interfaces::Node& node, OptionsModel *optionsModel, QObject *parent = nullptr);
     ~ClientModel();
 
+    void stop();
+
     interfaces::Node& node() const { return m_node; }
     OptionsModel *getOptionsModel();
     PeerTableModel *getPeerTableModel();

src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp

@@ -966,6 +966,7 @@ void RPCConsole::message(int category, const QString &message, bool html)
 
 void RPCConsole::updateNetworkState()
 {
+    if (!clientModel) return;
     QString connections = QString::number(clientModel->getNumConnections()) + " (";
     connections += tr("In:") + " " + QString::number(clientModel->getNumConnections(CONNECTIONS_IN)) + " / ";
     connections += tr("Out:") + " " + QString::number(clientModel->getNumConnections(CONNECTIONS_OUT)) + ")";