ppp_net_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
{
	struct ppp *ppp = netdev_priv(dev);
	int err = -EFAULT;
	void __user *addr = (void __user *) ifr->ifr_ifru.ifru_data;
	struct ppp_stats stats;
	struct ppp_comp_stats cstats;
	char *vers;

	switch (cmd) {
	case SIOCGPPPSTATS:
		ppp_get_stats(ppp, &stats);
		if (copy_to_user(addr, &stats, sizeof(stats)))
			break;
		err = 0;
		break;

	case SIOCGPPPCSTATS:
		memset(&cstats, 0, sizeof(cstats));
		if (ppp->xc_state)
			ppp->xcomp->comp_stat(ppp->xc_state, &cstats.c);
		if (ppp->rc_state)
			ppp->rcomp->decomp_stat(ppp->rc_state, &cstats.d);
		if (copy_to_user(addr, &cstats, sizeof(cstats)))
			break;
		err = 0;
		break;

	case SIOCGPPPVER:
		vers = PPP_VERSION;
		if (copy_to_user(addr, vers, strlen(vers) + 1))
			break;
		err = 0;
		break;

	default:
		err = -EINVAL;
	}

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.