[openssl-users] X509_STORE_free() and X509_LOOKUP_free() also frees the X509 certificates inside it

[Jakob Bohm]

On 10/06/2015 05:22, Nayna Jain wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am using X509_STORE and X509_LOOKUP to verify the certificate and 
> its chain.
>
> But at the end when I do X509_STORE_free(store)  and 
> X509_LOOKUP_free(lookup), it is also doing free of the X509* 
> certificate which I added.
> But I don't want that, because after that when I immediately try to 
> access X509* certificate for further operation, then it results in 
> core dump
>
> And if I don't do X509_STORE_free() then it will leave the memory leak.
>
> Let me know how to resolve this and if I misunderstood something.
>
X509 objects (and many other objects in the API) are
reference counted.

Increment the reference count of each certificate as
you add it to the X509_STORE, this should make the
X509 object stay around after X509_STORE_free() frees
it.

However there is a shortage of documentation on the
reference counting functions involved.

Enjoy

Jakob
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