struct request *blk_peek_request(struct request_queue *q)
{
	struct request *rq;
	int ret;

	lockdep_assert_held(q->queue_lock);
	WARN_ON_ONCE(q->mq_ops);

	while ((rq = elv_next_request(q)) != NULL) {
		if (!(rq->rq_flags & RQF_STARTED)) {
			/*
			 * This is the first time the device driver
			 * sees this request (possibly after
			 * requeueing).  Notify IO scheduler.
			 */
			if (rq->rq_flags & RQF_SORTED)
				elv_activate_rq(q, rq);

			/*
			 * just mark as started even if we don't start
			 * it, a request that has been delayed should
			 * not be passed by new incoming requests
			 */
			rq->rq_flags |= RQF_STARTED;
			trace_block_rq_issue(q, rq);
		}

		if (!q->boundary_rq || q->boundary_rq == rq) {
			q->end_sector = rq_end_sector(rq);
			q->boundary_rq = NULL;
		}

		if (rq->rq_flags & RQF_DONTPREP)
			break;

		if (q->dma_drain_size && blk_rq_bytes(rq)) {
			/*
			 * make sure space for the drain appears we
			 * know we can do this because max_hw_segments
			 * has been adjusted to be one fewer than the
			 * device can handle
			 */
			rq->nr_phys_segments++;
		}

		if (!q->prep_rq_fn)
			break;

		ret = q->prep_rq_fn(q, rq);
		if (ret == BLKPREP_OK) {
			break;
		} else if (ret == BLKPREP_DEFER) {
			/*
			 * the request may have been (partially) prepped.
			 * we need to keep this request in the front to
			 * avoid resource deadlock.  RQF_STARTED will
			 * prevent other fs requests from passing this one.
			 */
			if (q->dma_drain_size && blk_rq_bytes(rq) &&
			    !(rq->rq_flags & RQF_DONTPREP)) {
				/*
				 * remove the space for the drain we added
				 * so that we don't add it again
				 */
				--rq->nr_phys_segments;
			}

			rq = NULL;
			break;
		} else if (ret == BLKPREP_KILL || ret == BLKPREP_INVALID) {
			rq->rq_flags |= RQF_QUIET;
			/*
			 * Mark this request as started so we don't trigger
			 * any debug logic in the end I/O path.
			 */
			blk_start_request(rq);
			__blk_end_request_all(rq, ret == BLKPREP_INVALID ?
					BLK_STS_TARGET : BLK_STS_IOERR);
		} else {
			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: bad return=%d\n", __func__, ret);
			break;
		}
	}

	return rq;
}

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.