int skb_pad(struct sk_buff *skb, int pad)
{
	int err;
	int ntail;

	/* If the skbuff is non linear tailroom is always zero.. */
	if (!skb_cloned(skb) && skb_tailroom(skb) >= pad) {
		memset(skb->data+skb->len, 0, pad);
		return 0;
	}

	ntail = skb->data_len + pad - (skb->end - skb->tail);
	if (likely(skb_cloned(skb) || ntail > 0)) {
		err = pskb_expand_head(skb, 0, ntail, GFP_ATOMIC);
		if (unlikely(err))
			goto free_skb;
	}

	/* FIXME: The use of this function with non-linear skb's really needs
	 * to be audited.
	 */
	err = skb_linearize(skb);
	if (unlikely(err))
		goto free_skb;

	memset(skb->data + skb->len, 0, pad);
	return 0;

free_skb:
	kfree_skb(skb);
	return err;
}

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.