The $post_id argument for media_handle_upload is used to set the column post_parent for attachment post.
Posts without any parent have 0 as post parent, not null.
So, use 0 as argument and it will work.
If you read Codex page linked above it states:
… If you don’t want this media attached to a specific post, you can
pass 0
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