static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
{
	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
	DECLARE_SOCKADDR(struct sockaddr_ll *, saddr, msg->msg_name);
	struct sk_buff *skb;
	struct net_device *dev;
	__be16 proto;
	unsigned char *addr;
	int err, reserve = 0;
	struct sockcm_cookie sockc;
	struct virtio_net_hdr vnet_hdr = { 0 };
	int offset = 0;
	struct packet_sock *po = pkt_sk(sk);
	int hlen, tlen;
	int extra_len = 0;

	/*
	 *	Get and verify the address.
	 */

	if (likely(saddr == NULL)) {
		dev	= packet_cached_dev_get(po);
		proto	= po->num;
		addr	= NULL;
	} else {
		err = -EINVAL;
		if (msg->msg_namelen < sizeof(struct sockaddr_ll))
			goto out;
		if (msg->msg_namelen < (saddr->sll_halen + offsetof(struct sockaddr_ll, sll_addr)))
			goto out;
		proto	= saddr->sll_protocol;
		addr	= saddr->sll_addr;
		dev = dev_get_by_index(sock_net(sk), saddr->sll_ifindex);
	}

	err = -ENXIO;
	if (unlikely(dev == NULL))
		goto out_unlock;
	err = -ENETDOWN;
	if (unlikely(!(dev->flags & IFF_UP)))
		goto out_unlock;

	sockc.tsflags = sk->sk_tsflags;
	sockc.mark = sk->sk_mark;
	if (msg->msg_controllen) {
		err = sock_cmsg_send(sk, msg, &sockc);
		if (unlikely(err))
			goto out_unlock;
	}

	if (sock->type == SOCK_RAW)
		reserve = dev->hard_header_len;
	if (po->has_vnet_hdr) {
		err = packet_snd_vnet_parse(msg, &len, &vnet_hdr);
		if (err)
			goto out_unlock;
	}

	if (unlikely(sock_flag(sk, SOCK_NOFCS))) {
		if (!netif_supports_nofcs(dev)) {
			err = -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
			goto out_unlock;
		}
		extra_len = 4; /* We're doing our own CRC */
	}

	err = -EMSGSIZE;
	if (!vnet_hdr.gso_type &&
	    (len > dev->mtu + reserve + VLAN_HLEN + extra_len))
		goto out_unlock;

	err = -ENOBUFS;
	hlen = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev);
	tlen = dev->needed_tailroom;
	skb = packet_alloc_skb(sk, hlen + tlen, hlen, len,
			       __virtio16_to_cpu(vio_le(), vnet_hdr.hdr_len),
			       msg->msg_flags & MSG_DONTWAIT, &err);
	if (skb == NULL)
		goto out_unlock;

	skb_set_network_header(skb, reserve);

	err = -EINVAL;
	if (sock->type == SOCK_DGRAM) {
		offset = dev_hard_header(skb, dev, ntohs(proto), addr, NULL, len);
		if (unlikely(offset < 0))
			goto out_free;
	}

	/* Returns -EFAULT on error */
	err = skb_copy_datagram_from_iter(skb, offset, &msg->msg_iter, len);
	if (err)
		goto out_free;

	if (sock->type == SOCK_RAW &&
	    !dev_validate_header(dev, skb->data, len)) {
		err = -EINVAL;
		goto out_free;
	}

	sock_tx_timestamp(sk, sockc.tsflags, &skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags);

	if (!vnet_hdr.gso_type && (len > dev->mtu + reserve + extra_len) &&
	    !packet_extra_vlan_len_allowed(dev, skb)) {
		err = -EMSGSIZE;
		goto out_free;
	}

	skb->protocol = proto;
	skb->dev = dev;
	skb->priority = sk->sk_priority;
	skb->mark = sockc.mark;

	packet_pick_tx_queue(dev, skb);

	if (po->has_vnet_hdr) {
		err = packet_snd_vnet_gso(skb, &vnet_hdr);
		if (err)
			goto out_free;
		len += sizeof(vnet_hdr);
	}

	skb_probe_transport_header(skb, reserve);

	if (unlikely(extra_len == 4))
		skb->no_fcs = 1;

	err = po->xmit(skb);
	if (err > 0 && (err = net_xmit_errno(err)) != 0)
		goto out_unlock;

	dev_put(dev);

	return len;

out_free:
	kfree_skb(skb);
out_unlock:
	if (dev)
		dev_put(dev);
out:
	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.