static bool __skb_splice_bits(struct sk_buff *skb, struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
			      unsigned int *offset, unsigned int *len,
			      struct splice_pipe_desc *spd, struct sock *sk)
{
	int seg;

	/* map the linear part :
	 * If skb->head_frag is set, this 'linear' part is backed by a
	 * fragment, and if the head is not shared with any clones then
	 * we can avoid a copy since we own the head portion of this page.
	 */
	if (__splice_segment(virt_to_page(skb->data),
			     (unsigned long) skb->data & (PAGE_SIZE - 1),
			     skb_headlen(skb),
			     offset, len, spd,
			     skb_head_is_locked(skb),
			     sk, pipe))
		return true;

	/*
	 * then map the fragments
	 */
	for (seg = 0; seg < skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags; seg++) {
		const skb_frag_t *f = &skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[seg];

		if (__splice_segment(skb_frag_page(f),
				     f->page_offset, skb_frag_size(f),
				     offset, len, spd, false, sk, pipe))
			return true;
	}

	return false;
}

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.