void *virtqueue_alloc_element(size_t sz, unsigned out_num, unsigned in_num)
{
    VirtQueueElement *elem;
    size_t in_addr_ofs = QEMU_ALIGN_UP(sz, __alignof__(elem->in_addr[0]));
    size_t out_addr_ofs = in_addr_ofs + in_num * sizeof(elem->in_addr[0]);
    size_t out_addr_end = out_addr_ofs + out_num * sizeof(elem->out_addr[0]);
    size_t in_sg_ofs = QEMU_ALIGN_UP(out_addr_end, __alignof__(elem->in_sg[0]));
    size_t out_sg_ofs = in_sg_ofs + in_num * sizeof(elem->in_sg[0]);
    size_t out_sg_end = out_sg_ofs + out_num * sizeof(elem->out_sg[0]);

    assert(sz >= sizeof(VirtQueueElement));
    elem = g_malloc(out_sg_end);
    elem->out_num = out_num;
    elem->in_num = in_num;
    elem->in_addr = (void *)elem + in_addr_ofs;
    elem->out_addr = (void *)elem + out_addr_ofs;
    elem->in_sg = (void *)elem + in_sg_ofs;
    elem->out_sg = (void *)elem + out_sg_ofs;
    return elem;
}

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.