void snd_pcm_period_elapsed(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
{
	struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime;
	unsigned long flags;

	if (PCM_RUNTIME_CHECK(substream))
		return;
	runtime = substream->runtime;

	snd_pcm_stream_lock_irqsave(substream, flags);
	if (!snd_pcm_running(substream) ||
	    snd_pcm_update_hw_ptr0(substream, 1) < 0)
		goto _end;

#ifdef CONFIG_SND_PCM_TIMER
	if (substream->timer_running)
 		snd_timer_interrupt(substream->timer, 1);
 #endif
  _end:
	snd_pcm_stream_unlock_irqrestore(substream, flags);
 	kill_fasync(&runtime->fasync, SIGIO, POLL_IN);
 }

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.