static loff_t get_size(loff_t offset, loff_t sizelimit, struct file *file)
{
	loff_t loopsize;

	/* Compute loopsize in bytes */
	loopsize = i_size_read(file->f_mapping->host);
	if (offset > 0)
		loopsize -= offset;
	/* offset is beyond i_size, weird but possible */
	if (loopsize < 0)
		return 0;

	if (sizelimit > 0 && sizelimit < loopsize)
		loopsize = sizelimit;
	/*
	 * Unfortunately, if we want to do I/O on the device,
	 * the number of 512-byte sectors has to fit into a sector_t.
	 */
	return loopsize >> 9;
}

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.