static int mdio_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
{
	int rc;

	/* Some devices have extra OF data and an OF-style MODALIAS */
	rc = of_device_uevent_modalias(dev, env);
	if (rc != -ENODEV)
		return rc;

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.