static long do_get_mempolicy(int *policy, nodemask_t *nmask,
			     unsigned long addr, unsigned long flags)
{
	int err;
	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
	struct vm_area_struct *vma = NULL;
	struct mempolicy *pol = current->mempolicy;

	if (flags &
		~(unsigned long)(MPOL_F_NODE|MPOL_F_ADDR|MPOL_F_MEMS_ALLOWED))
		return -EINVAL;

	if (flags & MPOL_F_MEMS_ALLOWED) {
		if (flags & (MPOL_F_NODE|MPOL_F_ADDR))
			return -EINVAL;
		*policy = 0;	/* just so it's initialized */
		task_lock(current);
		*nmask  = cpuset_current_mems_allowed;
		task_unlock(current);
		return 0;
	}

	if (flags & MPOL_F_ADDR) {
		/*
		 * Do NOT fall back to task policy if the
		 * vma/shared policy at addr is NULL.  We
		 * want to return MPOL_DEFAULT in this case.
		 */
		down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
		vma = find_vma_intersection(mm, addr, addr+1);
		if (!vma) {
			up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
			return -EFAULT;
		}
		if (vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->get_policy)
			pol = vma->vm_ops->get_policy(vma, addr);
		else
			pol = vma->vm_policy;
	} else if (addr)
		return -EINVAL;

	if (!pol)
		pol = &default_policy;	/* indicates default behavior */

	if (flags & MPOL_F_NODE) {
		if (flags & MPOL_F_ADDR) {
			err = lookup_node(addr);
			if (err < 0)
				goto out;
			*policy = err;
		} else if (pol == current->mempolicy &&
				pol->mode == MPOL_INTERLEAVE) {
			*policy = next_node_in(current->il_prev, pol->v.nodes);
		} else {
			err = -EINVAL;
			goto out;
		}
	} else {
		*policy = pol == &default_policy ? MPOL_DEFAULT :
						pol->mode;
		/*
		 * Internal mempolicy flags must be masked off before exposing
		 * the policy to userspace.
		 */
		*policy |= (pol->flags & MPOL_MODE_FLAGS);
	}

	if (vma) {
		up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
		vma = NULL;
	}

	err = 0;
	if (nmask) {
		if (mpol_store_user_nodemask(pol)) {
			*nmask = pol->w.user_nodemask;
		} else {
			task_lock(current);
			get_policy_nodemask(pol, nmask);
			task_unlock(current);
		}
	}

 out:
	mpol_cond_put(pol);
	if (vma)
		up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
	return err;
}
Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.