bool blk_attempt_plug_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio,
			    unsigned int *request_count,
			    struct request **same_queue_rq)
{
	struct blk_plug *plug;
	struct request *rq;
	struct list_head *plug_list;

	plug = current->plug;
	if (!plug)
		return false;
	*request_count = 0;

	if (q->mq_ops)
		plug_list = &plug->mq_list;
	else
		plug_list = &plug->list;

	list_for_each_entry_reverse(rq, plug_list, queuelist) {
		bool merged = false;

		if (rq->q == q) {
			(*request_count)++;
			/*
			 * Only blk-mq multiple hardware queues case checks the
			 * rq in the same queue, there should be only one such
			 * rq in a queue
			 **/
			if (same_queue_rq)
				*same_queue_rq = rq;
		}

		if (rq->q != q || !blk_rq_merge_ok(rq, bio))
			continue;

		switch (blk_try_merge(rq, bio)) {
		case ELEVATOR_BACK_MERGE:
			merged = bio_attempt_back_merge(q, rq, bio);
			break;
		case ELEVATOR_FRONT_MERGE:
			merged = bio_attempt_front_merge(q, rq, bio);
			break;
		case ELEVATOR_DISCARD_MERGE:
			merged = bio_attempt_discard_merge(q, rq, bio);
			break;
		default:
			break;
		}

		if (merged)
			return true;
	}

	return false;
}

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.