ppp_send_frame(struct ppp *ppp, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
	int proto = PPP_PROTO(skb);
	struct sk_buff *new_skb;
	int len;
	unsigned char *cp;

	if (proto < 0x8000) {
#ifdef CONFIG_PPP_FILTER
		/* check if we should pass this packet */
		/* the filter instructions are constructed assuming
		   a four-byte PPP header on each packet */
		*skb_push(skb, 2) = 1;
		if (ppp->pass_filter &&
		    BPF_PROG_RUN(ppp->pass_filter, skb) == 0) {
			if (ppp->debug & 1)
				netdev_printk(KERN_DEBUG, ppp->dev,
					      "PPP: outbound frame "
					      "not passed\n");
			kfree_skb(skb);
			return;
		}
		/* if this packet passes the active filter, record the time */
		if (!(ppp->active_filter &&
		      BPF_PROG_RUN(ppp->active_filter, skb) == 0))
			ppp->last_xmit = jiffies;
		skb_pull(skb, 2);
#else
		/* for data packets, record the time */
		ppp->last_xmit = jiffies;
#endif /* CONFIG_PPP_FILTER */
	}

	++ppp->stats64.tx_packets;
	ppp->stats64.tx_bytes += skb->len - 2;

	switch (proto) {
	case PPP_IP:
		if (!ppp->vj || (ppp->flags & SC_COMP_TCP) == 0)
			break;
		/* try to do VJ TCP header compression */
		new_skb = alloc_skb(skb->len + ppp->dev->hard_header_len - 2,
				    GFP_ATOMIC);
		if (!new_skb) {
			netdev_err(ppp->dev, "PPP: no memory (VJ comp pkt)\n");
			goto drop;
		}
		skb_reserve(new_skb, ppp->dev->hard_header_len - 2);
		cp = skb->data + 2;
		len = slhc_compress(ppp->vj, cp, skb->len - 2,
				    new_skb->data + 2, &cp,
				    !(ppp->flags & SC_NO_TCP_CCID));
		if (cp == skb->data + 2) {
			/* didn't compress */
			consume_skb(new_skb);
		} else {
			if (cp[0] & SL_TYPE_COMPRESSED_TCP) {
				proto = PPP_VJC_COMP;
				cp[0] &= ~SL_TYPE_COMPRESSED_TCP;
			} else {
				proto = PPP_VJC_UNCOMP;
				cp[0] = skb->data[2];
			}
			consume_skb(skb);
			skb = new_skb;
			cp = skb_put(skb, len + 2);
			cp[0] = 0;
			cp[1] = proto;
		}
		break;

	case PPP_CCP:
		/* peek at outbound CCP frames */
		ppp_ccp_peek(ppp, skb, 0);
		break;
	}

	/* try to do packet compression */
	if ((ppp->xstate & SC_COMP_RUN) && ppp->xc_state &&
	    proto != PPP_LCP && proto != PPP_CCP) {
		if (!(ppp->flags & SC_CCP_UP) && (ppp->flags & SC_MUST_COMP)) {
			if (net_ratelimit())
				netdev_err(ppp->dev,
					   "ppp: compression required but "
					   "down - pkt dropped.\n");
			goto drop;
		}
		skb = pad_compress_skb(ppp, skb);
		if (!skb)
			goto drop;
	}

	/*
	 * If we are waiting for traffic (demand dialling),
	 * queue it up for pppd to receive.
	 */
	if (ppp->flags & SC_LOOP_TRAFFIC) {
		if (ppp->file.rq.qlen > PPP_MAX_RQLEN)
			goto drop;
		skb_queue_tail(&ppp->file.rq, skb);
		wake_up_interruptible(&ppp->file.rwait);
		return;
	}

	ppp->xmit_pending = skb;
	ppp_push(ppp);
	return;

 drop:
	kfree_skb(skb);
	++ppp->dev->stats.tx_errors;
}

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.