static int sctp_getsockopt_reconfig_supported(struct sock *sk, int len,
					      char __user *optval,
					      int __user *optlen)
{
	struct sctp_assoc_value params;
	struct sctp_association *asoc;
	int retval = -EFAULT;

	if (len < sizeof(params)) {
		retval = -EINVAL;
		goto out;
	}

	len = sizeof(params);
	if (copy_from_user(&params, optval, len))
		goto out;

	asoc = sctp_id2assoc(sk, params.assoc_id);
	if (asoc) {
		params.assoc_value = asoc->reconf_enable;
	} else if (!params.assoc_id) {
		struct sctp_sock *sp = sctp_sk(sk);

		params.assoc_value = sp->ep->reconf_enable;
	} else {
		retval = -EINVAL;
		goto out;
	}

	if (put_user(len, optlen))
		goto out;

	if (copy_to_user(optval, &params, len))
		goto out;

	retval = 0;

out:
	return retval;
}

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.