Hi List,

I am trying to figure out why there is a memory leak using RSA_new & RSA_free:
Below is a code sample (which will produce a memory leak) and the relevent 
valgrind output. I have checked the documentation but I still fail to see my 
error. 

As I understand the docuumentation, RSA_free() is the only required call to 
free memory allocated using the RSA_new() function. 

Thanks,

Stuart


int main (void)
{
   FILE *fp;
   RSA  *p = NULL;
   char *pt = "hi\0";
   char pt_0 = *pt;
   int pt_len = strlen(pt);
   unsigned char *ct;
   int ct_len = 0;

   if ((p = RSA_new()) == NULL)
      return 1;
   if ((fp = fopen ("pub.key", "rb")) == NULL)
      return 2;
   if ((p = PEM_read_RSA_PUBKEY(fp, NULL, NULL, NULL)) == NULL)
   {
      fclose(fp);
      return 3;
   }
   fclose(fp);
   ct = malloc(RSA_size(p));
   if(RSA_public_encrypt(pt_len,(unsigned char *) pt,ct, p, 
RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING) == -1)
     return 4;
   free(ct);
   RSA_free(p);
   return 0;
}


Here is the valgrind output:

==2330== 528 bytes in 10 blocks are still reachable in loss record 2 of 2
==2330==    at 0x4A05809: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:149)
==2330==    by 0x35156DAD51: CRYPTO_malloc (in /lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.8e)
==2330==    by 0x351567EAC8: lh_new (in /lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.8e)
==2330==    by 0x351565B4C4: (within /lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.8e)
==2330==    by 0x351565B5E5: (within /lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.8e)
==2330==    by 0x351565B98A: (within /lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.8e)
==2330==    by 0x351566F9B3: RSA_new_method (in /lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.8e)
==2330==    by 0x40083D: main (rsatest.c:24)
==2330==
==2330== LEAK SUMMARY:
==2330==    definitely lost: 168 bytes in 1 blocks.
==2330==      possibly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks.
==2330==    still reachable: 528 bytes in 10 blocks.
==2330==         suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks.


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