bsg_validate_sgv4_hdr(struct sg_io_v4 *hdr, int *rw)
{
	int ret = 0;

	if (hdr->guard != 'Q')
		return -EINVAL;

	switch (hdr->protocol) {
	case BSG_PROTOCOL_SCSI:
		switch (hdr->subprotocol) {
		case BSG_SUB_PROTOCOL_SCSI_CMD:
		case BSG_SUB_PROTOCOL_SCSI_TRANSPORT:
			break;
		default:
			ret = -EINVAL;
		}
		break;
	default:
		ret = -EINVAL;
	}

	*rw = hdr->dout_xfer_len ? WRITE : READ;
	return ret;
}

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.