static bool __splice_segment(struct page *page, unsigned int poff,
			     unsigned int plen, unsigned int *off,
			     unsigned int *len,
			     struct splice_pipe_desc *spd, bool linear,
			     struct sock *sk,
			     struct pipe_inode_info *pipe)
{
	if (!*len)
		return true;

	/* skip this segment if already processed */
	if (*off >= plen) {
		*off -= plen;
		return false;
	}

	/* ignore any bits we already processed */
	poff += *off;
	plen -= *off;
	*off = 0;

	do {
		unsigned int flen = min(*len, plen);

		if (spd_fill_page(spd, pipe, page, &flen, poff,
				  linear, sk))
			return true;
		poff += flen;
		plen -= flen;
		*len -= flen;
	} while (*len && plen);

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.