static int copy_mm(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
{
	struct mm_struct *mm, *oldmm;
	int retval;

	tsk->min_flt = tsk->maj_flt = 0;
	tsk->nvcsw = tsk->nivcsw = 0;
#ifdef CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK
	tsk->last_switch_count = tsk->nvcsw + tsk->nivcsw;
#endif

	tsk->mm = NULL;
	tsk->active_mm = NULL;

	/*
	 * Are we cloning a kernel thread?
	 *
	 * We need to steal a active VM for that..
	 */
	oldmm = current->mm;
	if (!oldmm)
		return 0;

	/* initialize the new vmacache entries */
	vmacache_flush(tsk);

	if (clone_flags & CLONE_VM) {
		mmget(oldmm);
		mm = oldmm;
		goto good_mm;
	}

	retval = -ENOMEM;
	mm = dup_mm(tsk);
	if (!mm)
		goto fail_nomem;

good_mm:
	tsk->mm = mm;
	tsk->active_mm = mm;
	return 0;

fail_nomem:
	return retval;
}

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.