sg_start_req(Sg_request *srp, unsigned char *cmd)
{
	int res;
	struct request *rq;
	Sg_fd *sfp = srp->parentfp;
	sg_io_hdr_t *hp = &srp->header;
	int dxfer_len = (int) hp->dxfer_len;
	int dxfer_dir = hp->dxfer_direction;
	unsigned int iov_count = hp->iovec_count;
	Sg_scatter_hold *req_schp = &srp->data;
	Sg_scatter_hold *rsv_schp = &sfp->reserve;
	struct request_queue *q = sfp->parentdp->device->request_queue;
	struct rq_map_data *md, map_data;
	int rw = hp->dxfer_direction == SG_DXFER_TO_DEV ? WRITE : READ;
	unsigned char *long_cmdp = NULL;

	SCSI_LOG_TIMEOUT(4, sg_printk(KERN_INFO, sfp->parentdp,
				      "sg_start_req: dxfer_len=%d\n",
				      dxfer_len));

	if (hp->cmd_len > BLK_MAX_CDB) {
		long_cmdp = kzalloc(hp->cmd_len, GFP_KERNEL);
		if (!long_cmdp)
			return -ENOMEM;
	}

	/*
	 * NOTE
	 *
	 * With scsi-mq enabled, there are a fixed number of preallocated
	 * requests equal in number to shost->can_queue.  If all of the
	 * preallocated requests are already in use, then using GFP_ATOMIC with
	 * blk_get_request() will return -EWOULDBLOCK, whereas using GFP_KERNEL
	 * will cause blk_get_request() to sleep until an active command
	 * completes, freeing up a request.  Neither option is ideal, but
	 * GFP_KERNEL is the better choice to prevent userspace from getting an
	 * unexpected EWOULDBLOCK.
	 *
	 * With scsi-mq disabled, blk_get_request() with GFP_KERNEL usually
	 * does not sleep except under memory pressure.
	 */
	rq = blk_get_request(q, rw, GFP_KERNEL);
	if (IS_ERR(rq)) {
		kfree(long_cmdp);
		return PTR_ERR(rq);
	}

	blk_rq_set_block_pc(rq);

	if (hp->cmd_len > BLK_MAX_CDB)
		rq->cmd = long_cmdp;
	memcpy(rq->cmd, cmd, hp->cmd_len);
	rq->cmd_len = hp->cmd_len;

	srp->rq = rq;
	rq->end_io_data = srp;
	rq->sense = srp->sense_b;
	rq->retries = SG_DEFAULT_RETRIES;

	if ((dxfer_len <= 0) || (dxfer_dir == SG_DXFER_NONE))
		return 0;

	if (sg_allow_dio && hp->flags & SG_FLAG_DIRECT_IO &&
	    dxfer_dir != SG_DXFER_UNKNOWN && !iov_count &&
	    !sfp->parentdp->device->host->unchecked_isa_dma &&
	    blk_rq_aligned(q, (unsigned long)hp->dxferp, dxfer_len))
		md = NULL;
	else
		md = &map_data;

	if (md) {
		if (!sg_res_in_use(sfp) && dxfer_len <= rsv_schp->bufflen)
			sg_link_reserve(sfp, srp, dxfer_len);
		else {
			res = sg_build_indirect(req_schp, sfp, dxfer_len);
			if (res)
				return res;
		}

		md->pages = req_schp->pages;
		md->page_order = req_schp->page_order;
		md->nr_entries = req_schp->k_use_sg;
		md->offset = 0;
		md->null_mapped = hp->dxferp ? 0 : 1;
		if (dxfer_dir == SG_DXFER_TO_FROM_DEV)
			md->from_user = 1;
		else
			md->from_user = 0;
	}

	if (iov_count) {
		struct iovec *iov = NULL;
		struct iov_iter i;

		res = import_iovec(rw, hp->dxferp, iov_count, 0, &iov, &i);
		if (res < 0)
			return res;

		iov_iter_truncate(&i, hp->dxfer_len);

		res = blk_rq_map_user_iov(q, rq, md, &i, GFP_ATOMIC);
		kfree(iov);
	} else
		res = blk_rq_map_user(q, rq, md, hp->dxferp,
				      hp->dxfer_len, GFP_ATOMIC);

	if (!res) {
		srp->bio = rq->bio;

		if (!md) {
			req_schp->dio_in_use = 1;
			hp->info |= SG_INFO_DIRECT_IO;
		}
	}
	return res;
}

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.