static int l2tp_ip6_bind(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len)
{
	struct inet_sock *inet = inet_sk(sk);
	struct ipv6_pinfo *np = inet6_sk(sk);
	struct sockaddr_l2tpip6 *addr = (struct sockaddr_l2tpip6 *) uaddr;
	struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
	__be32 v4addr = 0;
 	int addr_type;
 	int err;
 
 	if (addr->l2tp_family != AF_INET6)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (addr_len < sizeof(*addr))
		return -EINVAL;

	addr_type = ipv6_addr_type(&addr->l2tp_addr);

	/* l2tp_ip6 sockets are IPv6 only */
	if (addr_type == IPV6_ADDR_MAPPED)
		return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;

	/* L2TP is point-point, not multicast */
	if (addr_type & IPV6_ADDR_MULTICAST)
		return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;

	err = -EADDRINUSE;
	read_lock_bh(&l2tp_ip6_lock);
	if (__l2tp_ip6_bind_lookup(net, &addr->l2tp_addr,
				   sk->sk_bound_dev_if, addr->l2tp_conn_id))
		goto out_in_use;
	read_unlock_bh(&l2tp_ip6_lock);

 	lock_sock(sk);
 
 	err = -EINVAL;
	if (!sock_flag(sk, SOCK_ZAPPED))
		goto out_unlock;

 	if (sk->sk_state != TCP_CLOSE)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
	/* Check if the address belongs to the host. */
	rcu_read_lock();
	if (addr_type != IPV6_ADDR_ANY) {
		struct net_device *dev = NULL;

		if (addr_type & IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL) {
			if (addr_len >= sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6) &&
			    addr->l2tp_scope_id) {
				/* Override any existing binding, if another
				 * one is supplied by user.
				 */
				sk->sk_bound_dev_if = addr->l2tp_scope_id;
			}

			/* Binding to link-local address requires an
			   interface */
			if (!sk->sk_bound_dev_if)
				goto out_unlock_rcu;

			err = -ENODEV;
			dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(sock_net(sk),
						   sk->sk_bound_dev_if);
			if (!dev)
				goto out_unlock_rcu;
		}

		/* ipv4 addr of the socket is invalid.  Only the
		 * unspecified and mapped address have a v4 equivalent.
		 */
		v4addr = LOOPBACK4_IPV6;
		err = -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
		if (!ipv6_chk_addr(sock_net(sk), &addr->l2tp_addr, dev, 0))
			goto out_unlock_rcu;
	}
	rcu_read_unlock();

	inet->inet_rcv_saddr = inet->inet_saddr = v4addr;
	sk->sk_v6_rcv_saddr = addr->l2tp_addr;
	np->saddr = addr->l2tp_addr;

	l2tp_ip6_sk(sk)->conn_id = addr->l2tp_conn_id;

	write_lock_bh(&l2tp_ip6_lock);
	sk_add_bind_node(sk, &l2tp_ip6_bind_table);
	sk_del_node_init(sk);
	write_unlock_bh(&l2tp_ip6_lock);

	sock_reset_flag(sk, SOCK_ZAPPED);
	release_sock(sk);
	return 0;

out_unlock_rcu:
	rcu_read_unlock();
out_unlock:
	release_sock(sk);
	return err;

out_in_use:
	read_unlock_bh(&l2tp_ip6_lock);
	return err;
}

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.