static int __init net_ns_init(void)
{
	struct net_generic *ng;

#ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
	net_cachep = kmem_cache_create("net_namespace", sizeof(struct net),
					SMP_CACHE_BYTES,
					SLAB_PANIC, NULL);

	/* Create workqueue for cleanup */
	netns_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("netns");
	if (!netns_wq)
		panic("Could not create netns workq");
#endif

	ng = net_alloc_generic();
	if (!ng)
		panic("Could not allocate generic netns");

	rcu_assign_pointer(init_net.gen, ng);

	mutex_lock(&net_mutex);
	if (setup_net(&init_net, &init_user_ns))
		panic("Could not setup the initial network namespace");

	init_net_initialized = true;

	rtnl_lock();
	list_add_tail_rcu(&init_net.list, &net_namespace_list);
	rtnl_unlock();

	mutex_unlock(&net_mutex);

	register_pernet_subsys(&net_ns_ops);

	rtnl_register(PF_UNSPEC, RTM_NEWNSID, rtnl_net_newid, NULL,
		      RTNL_FLAG_DOIT_UNLOCKED);
	rtnl_register(PF_UNSPEC, RTM_GETNSID, rtnl_net_getid, rtnl_net_dumpid,
		      RTNL_FLAG_DOIT_UNLOCKED);

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.