static ssize_t kernel_readv(struct file *file, const struct kvec *vec,
			    unsigned long vlen, loff_t offset)
{
	mm_segment_t old_fs;
	loff_t pos = offset;
	ssize_t res;

	old_fs = get_fs();
	set_fs(get_ds());
	/* The cast to a user pointer is valid due to the set_fs() */
	res = vfs_readv(file, (const struct iovec __user *)vec, vlen, &pos, 0);
	set_fs(old_fs);

	return res;
}

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.