static void oom_reap_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
{
	int attempts = 0;
	struct mm_struct *mm = tsk->signal->oom_mm;

	/* Retry the down_read_trylock(mmap_sem) a few times */
	while (attempts++ < MAX_OOM_REAP_RETRIES && !__oom_reap_task_mm(tsk, mm))
		schedule_timeout_idle(HZ/10);

	if (attempts <= MAX_OOM_REAP_RETRIES)
		goto done;


	pr_info("oom_reaper: unable to reap pid:%d (%s)\n",
		task_pid_nr(tsk), tsk->comm);
	debug_show_all_locks();

done:
	tsk->oom_reaper_list = NULL;

	/*
	 * Hide this mm from OOM killer because it has been either reaped or
	 * somebody can't call up_write(mmap_sem).
	 */
	set_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags);

	/* Drop a reference taken by wake_oom_reaper */
	put_task_struct(tsk);
}

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.