static inline int kvm_io_bus_cmp(const struct kvm_io_range *r1,
				 const struct kvm_io_range *r2)
{
	gpa_t addr1 = r1->addr;
	gpa_t addr2 = r2->addr;

	if (addr1 < addr2)
		return -1;

	/* If r2->len == 0, match the exact address.  If r2->len != 0,
	 * accept any overlapping write.  Any order is acceptable for
	 * overlapping ranges, because kvm_io_bus_get_first_dev ensures
	 * we process all of them.
	 */
	if (r2->len) {
		addr1 += r1->len;
		addr2 += r2->len;
	}

	if (addr1 > addr2)
		return 1;

	return 0;
}

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.