static int sctp_getsockopt_sctp_status(struct sock *sk, int len,
				       char __user *optval,
				       int __user *optlen)
{
	struct sctp_status status;
	struct sctp_association *asoc = NULL;
	struct sctp_transport *transport;
	sctp_assoc_t associd;
	int retval = 0;

	if (len < sizeof(status)) {
		retval = -EINVAL;
		goto out;
	}

	len = sizeof(status);
	if (copy_from_user(&status, optval, len)) {
		retval = -EFAULT;
		goto out;
	}

	associd = status.sstat_assoc_id;
	asoc = sctp_id2assoc(sk, associd);
	if (!asoc) {
		retval = -EINVAL;
		goto out;
	}

	transport = asoc->peer.primary_path;

	status.sstat_assoc_id = sctp_assoc2id(asoc);
	status.sstat_state = sctp_assoc_to_state(asoc);
	status.sstat_rwnd =  asoc->peer.rwnd;
	status.sstat_unackdata = asoc->unack_data;

	status.sstat_penddata = sctp_tsnmap_pending(&asoc->peer.tsn_map);
	status.sstat_instrms = asoc->stream.incnt;
	status.sstat_outstrms = asoc->stream.outcnt;
	status.sstat_fragmentation_point = asoc->frag_point;
	status.sstat_primary.spinfo_assoc_id = sctp_assoc2id(transport->asoc);
	memcpy(&status.sstat_primary.spinfo_address, &transport->ipaddr,
			transport->af_specific->sockaddr_len);
	/* Map ipv4 address into v4-mapped-on-v6 address.  */
	sctp_get_pf_specific(sk->sk_family)->addr_to_user(sctp_sk(sk),
		(union sctp_addr *)&status.sstat_primary.spinfo_address);
	status.sstat_primary.spinfo_state = transport->state;
	status.sstat_primary.spinfo_cwnd = transport->cwnd;
	status.sstat_primary.spinfo_srtt = transport->srtt;
	status.sstat_primary.spinfo_rto = jiffies_to_msecs(transport->rto);
	status.sstat_primary.spinfo_mtu = transport->pathmtu;

	if (status.sstat_primary.spinfo_state == SCTP_UNKNOWN)
		status.sstat_primary.spinfo_state = SCTP_ACTIVE;

	if (put_user(len, optlen)) {
		retval = -EFAULT;
		goto out;
	}

	pr_debug("%s: len:%d, state:%d, rwnd:%d, assoc_id:%d\n",
		 __func__, len, status.sstat_state, status.sstat_rwnd,
		 status.sstat_assoc_id);

	if (copy_to_user(optval, &status, len)) {
		retval = -EFAULT;
		goto out;
	}

out:
	return retval;
}

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.