Packet *PacketGetFromQueueOrAlloc(void)
{
    /* try the pool first */
    Packet *p = PacketPoolGetPacket();

    if (p == NULL) {
        /* non fatal, we're just not processing a packet then */
        p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
    } else {
        PACKET_PROFILING_START(p);
    }

    return p;
}

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.