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This example from Kernighan and Ritchie \[[Kernighan 88|AA. C++ References#Kernighan 88]\] shows both the incorrect and correct techniques for removing items from a linked list. The incorrect solution, clearly marked as wrong in the book, is bad because {{p}} is deallocated before the {{p->next}} is executed, so {{p->next}} reads memory that has already been deallocated.

\[[Henricson 97|AA. C++ References#Henricson 97]\] Rule 8.3 Do not access a pointer or reference to a deleted object
\[[ISO/IEC 9899:1999|AA. C++ References#ISO/IEC 9899-1999]\] Section 7.20.3.2, "The {{free}} function"
\[[ISO/IEC PDTR 24772|AA. C++ References#ISO/IEC PDTR 24772]\] "DCM Dangling references to stack frames" and "XYK Dangling Reference to Heap"
\[[Kernighan 88|AA. C++ References#Kernighan 88]\] Section 7.8.5, "Storage Management"
\[[MISRA 04|AA. C++ References#MISRA 04]\] Rule 17.6
\[[MITRE 07|AA. C++ References#MITRE 07]\] [CWE ID 416|http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html], "Use After Free"
\[[OWASP Freed Memory|AA. C++ References#OWASP Freed Memory]\]
\[[Seacord 05a|AA. C++ References#Seacord 05]\] Chapter 4, "Dynamic Memory Management"
\[[Viega 05|AA. C++ References#Viega 05]\] Section 5.2.19, "Using freed memory"