void kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(struct kvm *kvm)
{
	/*
	 * Read tlbs_dirty before setting KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH in
	 * kvm_make_all_cpus_request.
	 */
	long dirty_count = smp_load_acquire(&kvm->tlbs_dirty);

	/*
	 * We want to publish modifications to the page tables before reading
	 * mode. Pairs with a memory barrier in arch-specific code.
	 * - x86: smp_mb__after_srcu_read_unlock in vcpu_enter_guest
	 * and smp_mb in walk_shadow_page_lockless_begin/end.
	 * - powerpc: smp_mb in kvmppc_prepare_to_enter.
	 *
	 * There is already an smp_mb__after_atomic() before
	 * kvm_make_all_cpus_request() reads vcpu->mode. We reuse that
	 * barrier here.
	 */
	if (kvm_make_all_cpus_request(kvm, KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH))
		++kvm->stat.remote_tlb_flush;
	cmpxchg(&kvm->tlbs_dirty, dirty_count, 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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.