[openssl-commits] [openssl] master update
Matt Caswell
matt at openssl.org
Thu Feb 7 14:29:58 UTC 2019
The branch master has been updated
via ef45aa14c5af024fcb8bef1c9007f3d1c115bd85 (commit)
from f2ed96dac01421f1e660e353e8e257f2d0b7424a (commit)
- Log -----------------------------------------------------------------
commit ef45aa14c5af024fcb8bef1c9007f3d1c115bd85
Author: Matt Caswell <matt at openssl.org>
Date: Tue Feb 5 14:25:18 2019 +0000
Make OPENSSL_malloc_init() a no-op
Making this a no-op removes a potential infinite loop than can occur in
some situations.
Fixes #2865
Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte at openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/8167)
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Summary of changes:
doc/man3/OPENSSL_malloc.pod | 6 ++----
include/openssl/crypto.h | 9 ++-------
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/man3/OPENSSL_malloc.pod b/doc/man3/OPENSSL_malloc.pod
index e17ff63..f1de27a 100644
--- a/doc/man3/OPENSSL_malloc.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/OPENSSL_malloc.pod
@@ -90,10 +90,8 @@ generally macro's that add the standard C B<__FILE__> and B<__LINE__>
parameters and call a lower-level B<CRYPTO_xxx> API.
Some functions do not add those parameters, but exist for consistency.
-OPENSSL_malloc_init() sets the lower-level memory allocation functions
-to their default implementation.
-It is generally not necessary to call this, except perhaps in certain
-shared-library situations.
+OPENSSL_malloc_init() does nothing and does not need to be called. It is
+included for compatibility with older versions of OpenSSL.
OPENSSL_malloc(), OPENSSL_realloc(), and OPENSSL_free() are like the
C malloc(), realloc(), and free() functions.
diff --git a/include/openssl/crypto.h b/include/openssl/crypto.h
index f912302..cbde3d5 100644
--- a/include/openssl/crypto.h
+++ b/include/openssl/crypto.h
@@ -109,13 +109,8 @@ DEFINE_STACK_OF(void)
# define CRYPTO_EX_INDEX_DRBG 15
# define CRYPTO_EX_INDEX__COUNT 16
-/*
- * This is the default callbacks, but we can have others as well: this is
- * needed in Win32 where the application malloc and the library malloc may
- * not be the same.
- */
-#define OPENSSL_malloc_init() \
- CRYPTO_set_mem_functions(CRYPTO_malloc, CRYPTO_realloc, CRYPTO_free)
+/* No longer needed, so this is a no-op */
+#define OPENSSL_malloc_init() while(0) continue
int CRYPTO_mem_ctrl(int mode);
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