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

[Nayna Jain]

Thanks Jacob,
So, does that API do not increment reference count internally itself.

I mean if I have to explicitly do that, what is the API for that ?

Thanks & Regards,
Nayna Jain



From:	Jakob Bohm <jb-openssl at wisemo.com>
To:	openssl-users at openssl.org
Date:	06/10/2015 09:49 AM
Subject:	Re: [openssl-users] X509_STORE_free() and X509_LOOKUP_free()
            also frees the X509 certificates inside it
Sent by:	"openssl-users" <openssl-users-bounces at openssl.org>




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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