static int sctp_getsockopt_peeloff_common(struct sock *sk, sctp_peeloff_arg_t *peeloff,
					  struct file **newfile, unsigned flags)
{
	struct socket *newsock;
	int retval;

	retval = sctp_do_peeloff(sk, peeloff->associd, &newsock);
	if (retval < 0)
		goto out;

	/* Map the socket to an unused fd that can be returned to the user.  */
	retval = get_unused_fd_flags(flags & SOCK_CLOEXEC);
	if (retval < 0) {
		sock_release(newsock);
		goto out;
	}

	*newfile = sock_alloc_file(newsock, 0, NULL);
	if (IS_ERR(*newfile)) {
		put_unused_fd(retval);
		sock_release(newsock);
		retval = PTR_ERR(*newfile);
		*newfile = NULL;
		return retval;
	}

	pr_debug("%s: sk:%p, newsk:%p, sd:%d\n", __func__, sk, newsock->sk,
		 retval);

	peeloff->sd = retval;

	if (flags & SOCK_NONBLOCK)
		(*newfile)->f_flags |= O_NONBLOCK;
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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.