static int set_consumer_device_supply(struct regulator_dev *rdev,
				      const char *consumer_dev_name,
				      const char *supply)
{
	struct regulator_map *node;
	int has_dev;

	if (supply == NULL)
		return -EINVAL;

	if (consumer_dev_name != NULL)
		has_dev = 1;
	else
		has_dev = 0;

	list_for_each_entry(node, &regulator_map_list, list) {
		if (node->dev_name && consumer_dev_name) {
			if (strcmp(node->dev_name, consumer_dev_name) != 0)
				continue;
		} else if (node->dev_name || consumer_dev_name) {
			continue;
		}

		if (strcmp(node->supply, supply) != 0)
			continue;

		pr_debug("%s: %s/%s is '%s' supply; fail %s/%s\n",
			 consumer_dev_name,
			 dev_name(&node->regulator->dev),
			 node->regulator->desc->name,
			 supply,
			 dev_name(&rdev->dev), rdev_get_name(rdev));
		return -EBUSY;
	}

	node = kzalloc(sizeof(struct regulator_map), GFP_KERNEL);
	if (node == NULL)
		return -ENOMEM;

	node->regulator = rdev;
	node->supply = supply;

	if (has_dev) {
		node->dev_name = kstrdup(consumer_dev_name, GFP_KERNEL);
		if (node->dev_name == NULL) {
			kfree(node);
			return -ENOMEM;
		}
	}

	list_add(&node->list, &regulator_map_list);
	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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.