static long kvm_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp,
			   unsigned int ioctl, unsigned long arg)
{
	struct kvm *kvm = filp->private_data;
	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
	int r;

	if (kvm->mm != current->mm)
		return -EIO;
	switch (ioctl) {
	case KVM_CREATE_VCPU:
		r = kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu(kvm, arg);
		break;
	case KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION: {
		struct kvm_userspace_memory_region kvm_userspace_mem;

		r = -EFAULT;
		if (copy_from_user(&kvm_userspace_mem, argp,
						sizeof(kvm_userspace_mem)))
			goto out;

		r = kvm_vm_ioctl_set_memory_region(kvm, &kvm_userspace_mem);
		break;
	}
	case KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG: {
		struct kvm_dirty_log log;

		r = -EFAULT;
		if (copy_from_user(&log, argp, sizeof(log)))
			goto out;
		r = kvm_vm_ioctl_get_dirty_log(kvm, &log);
		break;
	}
#ifdef KVM_COALESCED_MMIO_PAGE_OFFSET
	case KVM_REGISTER_COALESCED_MMIO: {
		struct kvm_coalesced_mmio_zone zone;

		r = -EFAULT;
		if (copy_from_user(&zone, argp, sizeof(zone)))
			goto out;
		r = kvm_vm_ioctl_register_coalesced_mmio(kvm, &zone);
		break;
	}
	case KVM_UNREGISTER_COALESCED_MMIO: {
		struct kvm_coalesced_mmio_zone zone;

		r = -EFAULT;
		if (copy_from_user(&zone, argp, sizeof(zone)))
			goto out;
		r = kvm_vm_ioctl_unregister_coalesced_mmio(kvm, &zone);
		break;
	}
#endif
	case KVM_IRQFD: {
		struct kvm_irqfd data;

		r = -EFAULT;
		if (copy_from_user(&data, argp, sizeof(data)))
			goto out;
		r = kvm_irqfd(kvm, &data);
		break;
	}
	case KVM_IOEVENTFD: {
		struct kvm_ioeventfd data;

		r = -EFAULT;
		if (copy_from_user(&data, argp, sizeof(data)))
			goto out;
		r = kvm_ioeventfd(kvm, &data);
		break;
	}
#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_MSI
	case KVM_SIGNAL_MSI: {
		struct kvm_msi msi;

		r = -EFAULT;
		if (copy_from_user(&msi, argp, sizeof(msi)))
			goto out;
		r = kvm_send_userspace_msi(kvm, &msi);
		break;
	}
#endif
#ifdef __KVM_HAVE_IRQ_LINE
	case KVM_IRQ_LINE_STATUS:
	case KVM_IRQ_LINE: {
		struct kvm_irq_level irq_event;

		r = -EFAULT;
		if (copy_from_user(&irq_event, argp, sizeof(irq_event)))
			goto out;

		r = kvm_vm_ioctl_irq_line(kvm, &irq_event,
					ioctl == KVM_IRQ_LINE_STATUS);
		if (r)
			goto out;

		r = -EFAULT;
		if (ioctl == KVM_IRQ_LINE_STATUS) {
			if (copy_to_user(argp, &irq_event, sizeof(irq_event)))
				goto out;
		}

		r = 0;
		break;
	}
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_IRQ_ROUTING
	case KVM_SET_GSI_ROUTING: {
		struct kvm_irq_routing routing;
		struct kvm_irq_routing __user *urouting;
		struct kvm_irq_routing_entry *entries = NULL;

		r = -EFAULT;
		if (copy_from_user(&routing, argp, sizeof(routing)))
			goto out;
		r = -EINVAL;
		if (routing.nr > KVM_MAX_IRQ_ROUTES)
			goto out;
		if (routing.flags)
			goto out;
		if (routing.nr) {
			r = -ENOMEM;
			entries = vmalloc(routing.nr * sizeof(*entries));
			if (!entries)
				goto out;
			r = -EFAULT;
			urouting = argp;
			if (copy_from_user(entries, urouting->entries,
					   routing.nr * sizeof(*entries)))
				goto out_free_irq_routing;
		}
		r = kvm_set_irq_routing(kvm, entries, routing.nr,
					routing.flags);
out_free_irq_routing:
		vfree(entries);
		break;
	}
#endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_IRQ_ROUTING */
	case KVM_CREATE_DEVICE: {
		struct kvm_create_device cd;

		r = -EFAULT;
		if (copy_from_user(&cd, argp, sizeof(cd)))
			goto out;

		r = kvm_ioctl_create_device(kvm, &cd);
		if (r)
			goto out;

		r = -EFAULT;
		if (copy_to_user(argp, &cd, sizeof(cd)))
			goto out;

		r = 0;
		break;
	}
	case KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION:
		r = kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension_generic(kvm, arg);
		break;
	default:
		r = kvm_arch_vm_ioctl(filp, ioctl, arg);
	}
out:
	return r;
}

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.