static int copy_signal(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
{
	struct signal_struct *sig;

	if (clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD)
		return 0;

	sig = kmem_cache_zalloc(signal_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
	tsk->signal = sig;
	if (!sig)
		return -ENOMEM;

	sig->nr_threads = 1;
	atomic_set(&sig->live, 1);
	atomic_set(&sig->sigcnt, 1);

	/* list_add(thread_node, thread_head) without INIT_LIST_HEAD() */
	sig->thread_head = (struct list_head)LIST_HEAD_INIT(tsk->thread_node);
	tsk->thread_node = (struct list_head)LIST_HEAD_INIT(sig->thread_head);

	init_waitqueue_head(&sig->wait_chldexit);
	sig->curr_target = tsk;
	init_sigpending(&sig->shared_pending);
	seqlock_init(&sig->stats_lock);
	prev_cputime_init(&sig->prev_cputime);

#ifdef CONFIG_POSIX_TIMERS
	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sig->posix_timers);
	hrtimer_init(&sig->real_timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
	sig->real_timer.function = it_real_fn;
#endif

	task_lock(current->group_leader);
	memcpy(sig->rlim, current->signal->rlim, sizeof sig->rlim);
	task_unlock(current->group_leader);

	posix_cpu_timers_init_group(sig);

	tty_audit_fork(sig);
	sched_autogroup_fork(sig);

	sig->oom_score_adj = current->signal->oom_score_adj;
	sig->oom_score_adj_min = current->signal->oom_score_adj_min;

	mutex_init(&sig->cred_guard_mutex);

	return 0;
}

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.