make-derivation.nix: Fix checkMetaRecursively

Oddly, I can't reproduce the error, but this change will make it
more robust.
See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/295378#issuecomment-2002094487

pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix

@@ -556,8 +556,8 @@ let
 
   meta = checkMeta.commonMeta {
     inherit validity attrs pos;
-    references = attrs.nativeBuildInputs ++ attrs.buildInputs
-              ++ attrs.propagatedNativeBuildInputs ++ attrs.propagatedBuildInputs;
+    references = attrs.nativeBuildInputs or [] ++ attrs.buildInputs or []
+              ++ attrs.propagatedNativeBuildInputs or [] ++ attrs.propagatedBuildInputs or [];
   };
   validity = checkMeta.assertValidity { inherit meta attrs; };