static long kvm_vcpu_compat_ioctl(struct file *filp,
				  unsigned int ioctl, unsigned long arg)
{
	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = filp->private_data;
	void __user *argp = compat_ptr(arg);
	int r;

	if (vcpu->kvm->mm != current->mm)
		return -EIO;

	switch (ioctl) {
	case KVM_SET_SIGNAL_MASK: {
		struct kvm_signal_mask __user *sigmask_arg = argp;
		struct kvm_signal_mask kvm_sigmask;
		compat_sigset_t csigset;
		sigset_t sigset;

		if (argp) {
			r = -EFAULT;
			if (copy_from_user(&kvm_sigmask, argp,
					   sizeof(kvm_sigmask)))
				goto out;
			r = -EINVAL;
			if (kvm_sigmask.len != sizeof(csigset))
				goto out;
			r = -EFAULT;
			if (copy_from_user(&csigset, sigmask_arg->sigset,
					   sizeof(csigset)))
				goto out;
			sigset_from_compat(&sigset, &csigset);
			r = kvm_vcpu_ioctl_set_sigmask(vcpu, &sigset);
		} else
			r = kvm_vcpu_ioctl_set_sigmask(vcpu, NULL);
		break;
	}
	default:
		r = kvm_vcpu_ioctl(filp, ioctl, arg);
	}

out:
	return r;
}

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.