static int set_permissions(struct ctl_table_header *head,
				  struct ctl_table *table)
{
	struct user_namespace *user_ns =
		container_of(head->set, struct user_namespace, set);
	int mode;

	/* Allow users with CAP_SYS_RESOURCE unrestrained access */
	if (ns_capable(user_ns, CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
		mode = (table->mode & S_IRWXU) >> 6;
	else
	/* Allow all others at most read-only access */
		mode = table->mode & S_IROTH;
	return (mode << 6) | (mode << 3) | mode;
}

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.