static ssize_t regulator_status_show(struct device *dev,
				   struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
{
	struct regulator_dev *rdev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
	int status;
	char *label;

	status = rdev->desc->ops->get_status(rdev);
	if (status < 0)
		return status;

	switch (status) {
	case REGULATOR_STATUS_OFF:
		label = "off";
		break;
	case REGULATOR_STATUS_ON:
		label = "on";
		break;
	case REGULATOR_STATUS_ERROR:
		label = "error";
		break;
	case REGULATOR_STATUS_FAST:
		label = "fast";
		break;
	case REGULATOR_STATUS_NORMAL:
		label = "normal";
		break;
	case REGULATOR_STATUS_IDLE:
		label = "idle";
		break;
	case REGULATOR_STATUS_STANDBY:
		label = "standby";
		break;
	case REGULATOR_STATUS_BYPASS:
		label = "bypass";
		break;
	case REGULATOR_STATUS_UNDEFINED:
		label = "undefined";
		break;
	default:
		return -ERANGE;
	}

	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", label);
}

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.