int expread(off_t a, char *buf, size_t len, CLIENT *client) {
	off_t rdlen, offset;
	off_t mapcnt, mapl, maph, pagestart;

	if (!(client->server->flags & F_COPYONWRITE))
		return(rawexpread_fully(a, buf, len, client));
	DEBUG("Asked to read %u bytes at %llu.\n", (unsigned int)len, (unsigned long long)a);

	mapl=a/DIFFPAGESIZE; maph=(a+len-1)/DIFFPAGESIZE;

	for (mapcnt=mapl;mapcnt<=maph;mapcnt++) {
		pagestart=mapcnt*DIFFPAGESIZE;
		offset=a-pagestart;
		rdlen=(0<DIFFPAGESIZE-offset && len<(size_t)(DIFFPAGESIZE-offset)) ?
			len : (size_t)DIFFPAGESIZE-offset;
		if (client->difmap[mapcnt]!=(u32)(-1)) { /* the block is already there */
			DEBUG("Page %llu is at %lu\n", (unsigned long long)mapcnt,
			       (unsigned long)(client->difmap[mapcnt]));
			myseek(client->difffile, client->difmap[mapcnt]*DIFFPAGESIZE+offset);
			if (read(client->difffile, buf, rdlen) != rdlen) return -1;
		} else { /* the block is not there */
			DEBUG("Page %llu is not here, we read the original one\n",
			       (unsigned long long)mapcnt);
			if(rawexpread_fully(a, buf, rdlen, client)) return -1;
		}
		len-=rdlen; a+=rdlen; buf+=rdlen;
	}
	return 0;
}

This vulnerability category highlights issues in resource management where failures to properly release memory, file handles, or other resources can degrade system performance or enable denial-of-service conditions.