static void *__ns_get_path(struct path *path, struct ns_common *ns)
{
	struct vfsmount *mnt = nsfs_mnt;
	struct qstr qname = { .name = "", };
	struct dentry *dentry;
	struct inode *inode;
	unsigned long d;

	rcu_read_lock();
	d = atomic_long_read(&ns->stashed);
	if (!d)
		goto slow;
	dentry = (struct dentry *)d;
	if (!lockref_get_not_dead(&dentry->d_lockref))
		goto slow;
	rcu_read_unlock();
	ns->ops->put(ns);
got_it:
	path->mnt = mntget(mnt);
	path->dentry = dentry;
	return NULL;
slow:
	rcu_read_unlock();
	inode = new_inode_pseudo(mnt->mnt_sb);
	if (!inode) {
		ns->ops->put(ns);
		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
	}
	inode->i_ino = ns->inum;
	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
	inode->i_flags |= S_IMMUTABLE;
	inode->i_mode = S_IFREG | S_IRUGO;
	inode->i_fop = &ns_file_operations;
	inode->i_private = ns;

	dentry = d_alloc_pseudo(mnt->mnt_sb, &qname);
	if (!dentry) {
		iput(inode);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
	dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_RCUACCESS;
 	dentry->d_fsdata = (void *)ns->ops;
 	d = atomic_long_cmpxchg(&ns->stashed, 0, (unsigned long)dentry);
 	if (d) {
		d_delete(dentry);	/* make sure ->d_prune() does nothing */
		dput(dentry);
		cpu_relax();
		return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
	}
	goto got_it;
}

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.