static int tcpmss_tg4_check(const struct xt_tgchk_param *par)
{
	const struct xt_tcpmss_info *info = par->targinfo;
	const struct ipt_entry *e = par->entryinfo;
	const struct xt_entry_match *ematch;

	if (info->mss == XT_TCPMSS_CLAMP_PMTU &&
	    (par->hook_mask & ~((1 << NF_INET_FORWARD) |
			   (1 << NF_INET_LOCAL_OUT) |
			   (1 << NF_INET_POST_ROUTING))) != 0) {
		pr_info("path-MTU clamping only supported in "
			"FORWARD, OUTPUT and POSTROUTING hooks\n");
		return -EINVAL;
	}
	if (par->nft_compat)
		return 0;

	xt_ematch_foreach(ematch, e)
		if (find_syn_match(ematch))
			return 0;
	pr_info("Only works on TCP SYN packets\n");
	return -EINVAL;
}

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.