static inline int ethertype_to_npindex(int ethertype)
{
	switch (ethertype) {
	case ETH_P_IP:
		return NP_IP;
	case ETH_P_IPV6:
		return NP_IPV6;
	case ETH_P_IPX:
		return NP_IPX;
	case ETH_P_PPPTALK:
	case ETH_P_ATALK:
		return NP_AT;
	case ETH_P_MPLS_UC:
		return NP_MPLS_UC;
	case ETH_P_MPLS_MC:
		return NP_MPLS_MC;
	}
	return -1;
}

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.