void sctp_copy_sock(struct sock *newsk, struct sock *sk,
		    struct sctp_association *asoc)
{
	struct inet_sock *inet = inet_sk(sk);
	struct inet_sock *newinet;

	newsk->sk_type = sk->sk_type;
	newsk->sk_bound_dev_if = sk->sk_bound_dev_if;
	newsk->sk_flags = sk->sk_flags;
	newsk->sk_tsflags = sk->sk_tsflags;
	newsk->sk_no_check_tx = sk->sk_no_check_tx;
	newsk->sk_no_check_rx = sk->sk_no_check_rx;
	newsk->sk_reuse = sk->sk_reuse;

	newsk->sk_shutdown = sk->sk_shutdown;
	newsk->sk_destruct = sctp_destruct_sock;
	newsk->sk_family = sk->sk_family;
	newsk->sk_protocol = IPPROTO_SCTP;
	newsk->sk_backlog_rcv = sk->sk_prot->backlog_rcv;
	newsk->sk_sndbuf = sk->sk_sndbuf;
	newsk->sk_rcvbuf = sk->sk_rcvbuf;
	newsk->sk_lingertime = sk->sk_lingertime;
	newsk->sk_rcvtimeo = sk->sk_rcvtimeo;
	newsk->sk_sndtimeo = sk->sk_sndtimeo;
	newsk->sk_rxhash = sk->sk_rxhash;

	newinet = inet_sk(newsk);

	/* Initialize sk's sport, dport, rcv_saddr and daddr for
	 * getsockname() and getpeername()
	 */
	newinet->inet_sport = inet->inet_sport;
	newinet->inet_saddr = inet->inet_saddr;
	newinet->inet_rcv_saddr = inet->inet_rcv_saddr;
	newinet->inet_dport = htons(asoc->peer.port);
	newinet->pmtudisc = inet->pmtudisc;
	newinet->inet_id = asoc->next_tsn ^ jiffies;

	newinet->uc_ttl = inet->uc_ttl;
	newinet->mc_loop = 1;
	newinet->mc_ttl = 1;
	newinet->mc_index = 0;
	newinet->mc_list = NULL;

	if (newsk->sk_flags & SK_FLAGS_TIMESTAMP)
		net_enable_timestamp();

	security_sk_clone(sk, newsk);
}

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.