static int kvm_debugfs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
			   int (*get)(void *, u64 *), int (*set)(void *, u64),
			   const char *fmt)
{
	struct kvm_stat_data *stat_data = (struct kvm_stat_data *)
					  inode->i_private;

	/* The debugfs files are a reference to the kvm struct which
	 * is still valid when kvm_destroy_vm is called.
	 * To avoid the race between open and the removal of the debugfs
	 * directory we test against the users count.
	 */
	if (!atomic_add_unless(&stat_data->kvm->users_count, 1, 0))
		return -ENOENT;

	if (simple_attr_open(inode, file, get, set, fmt)) {
		kvm_put_kvm(stat_data->kvm);
		return -ENOMEM;
	}

	return 0;
}

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.