AP_CORE_DECLARE_NONSTD(const char *) ap_limit_section(cmd_parms *cmd,
                                                      void *dummy,
                                                      const char *arg)
{
    const char *endp = ap_strrchr_c(arg, '>');
    const char *limited_methods;
    void *tog = cmd->cmd->cmd_data;
    apr_int64_t limited = 0;
    apr_int64_t old_limited = cmd->limited;
    const char *errmsg;

    if (endp == NULL) {
        return unclosed_directive(cmd);
    }

    limited_methods = apr_pstrmemdup(cmd->temp_pool, arg, endp - arg);

    if (!limited_methods[0]) {
        return missing_container_arg(cmd);
    }

    while (limited_methods[0]) {
        char *method = ap_getword_conf(cmd->temp_pool, &limited_methods);
        int methnum;

        /* check for builtin or module registered method number */
        methnum = ap_method_number_of(method);

        if (methnum == M_TRACE && !tog) {
            return "TRACE cannot be controlled by <Limit>, see TraceEnable";
        }
        else if (methnum == M_INVALID) {
             /* method has not been registered yet, but resource restriction
              * is always checked before method handling, so register it.
              */
             methnum = ap_method_register(cmd->pool,
                                          apr_pstrdup(cmd->pool, method));
         }

        limited |= (AP_METHOD_BIT << methnum);
    }

    /* Killing two features with one function,
     * if (tog == NULL) <Limit>, else <LimitExcept>
     */
    limited = tog ? ~limited : limited;

    if (!(old_limited & limited)) {
        return apr_pstrcat(cmd->pool, cmd->cmd->name,
                           "> directive excludes all methods", NULL);
    }
    else if ((old_limited & limited) == old_limited) {
        return apr_pstrcat(cmd->pool, cmd->cmd->name,
                           "> directive specifies methods already excluded",
                           NULL);
    }

    cmd->limited &= limited;

    errmsg = ap_walk_config(cmd->directive->first_child, cmd, cmd->context);

    cmd->limited = old_limited;

    return errmsg;
}

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.