ssize_t tcp_splice_read(struct socket *sock, loff_t *ppos,
			struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
			unsigned int flags)
{
	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
	struct tcp_splice_state tss = {
		.pipe = pipe,
		.len = len,
		.flags = flags,
	};
	long timeo;
	ssize_t spliced;
	int ret;

	/*
	 * We can't seek on a socket input
	 */
	if (unlikely(*ppos))
		return -ESPIPE;

	ret = spliced = 0;

	lock_sock(sk);

	timeo = sock_rcvtimeo(sk, sock->file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK);
	while (tss.len) {
		ret = __tcp_splice_read(sk, &tss);
		if (ret < 0)
			break;
		else if (!ret) {
			if (spliced)
				break;
			if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DONE))
				break;
			if (sk->sk_err) {
				ret = sock_error(sk);
				break;
			}
			if (sk->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN)
				break;
			if (sk->sk_state == TCP_CLOSE) {
				/*
				 * This occurs when user tries to read
				 * from never connected socket.
				 */
				if (!sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DONE))
					ret = -ENOTCONN;
				break;
			}
			if (!timeo) {
				ret = -EAGAIN;
				break;
			}
			sk_wait_data(sk, &timeo);
			if (signal_pending(current)) {
				ret = sock_intr_errno(timeo);
				break;
			}
			continue;
		}
		tss.len -= ret;
		spliced += ret;

		if (!timeo)
			break;
		release_sock(sk);
		lock_sock(sk);

		if (sk->sk_err || sk->sk_state == TCP_CLOSE ||
		    (sk->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN) ||
		    signal_pending(current))
			break;
	}

	release_sock(sk);

	if (spliced)
		return spliced;

	return ret;
}

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.