static u_int32_t tcpmss_reverse_mtu(struct net *net,
				    const struct sk_buff *skb,
				    unsigned int family)
{
	struct flowi fl;
	const struct nf_afinfo *ai;
	struct rtable *rt = NULL;
	u_int32_t mtu     = ~0U;

	if (family == PF_INET) {
		struct flowi4 *fl4 = &fl.u.ip4;
		memset(fl4, 0, sizeof(*fl4));
		fl4->daddr = ip_hdr(skb)->saddr;
	} else {
		struct flowi6 *fl6 = &fl.u.ip6;

		memset(fl6, 0, sizeof(*fl6));
		fl6->daddr = ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr;
	}
	rcu_read_lock();
	ai = nf_get_afinfo(family);
	if (ai != NULL)
		ai->route(net, (struct dst_entry **)&rt, &fl, false);
	rcu_read_unlock();

	if (rt != NULL) {
		mtu = dst_mtu(&rt->dst);
		dst_release(&rt->dst);
	}
	return mtu;
}

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.