static ssize_t bat_socket_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
			       size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
{
	struct socket_client *socket_client = file->private_data;
	struct socket_packet *socket_packet;
	size_t packet_len;
	int error;

	if ((file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) && (socket_client->queue_len == 0))
		return -EAGAIN;

	if ((!buf) || (count < sizeof(struct icmp_packet)))
		return -EINVAL;

	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, buf, count))
		return -EFAULT;

	error = wait_event_interruptible(socket_client->queue_wait,
					 socket_client->queue_len);

	if (error)
		return error;

	spin_lock_bh(&socket_client->lock);

	socket_packet = list_first_entry(&socket_client->queue_list,
					 struct socket_packet, list);
	list_del(&socket_packet->list);
	socket_client->queue_len--;
 
 	spin_unlock_bh(&socket_client->lock);
 
	packet_len = min(count, socket_packet->icmp_len);
	error = copy_to_user(buf, &socket_packet->icmp_packet, packet_len);
 
 	kfree(socket_packet);
 
 	if (error)
		return -EFAULT;

	return packet_len;
}

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.