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. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org