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 -- Jakob Bohm, CIO, Partner, WiseMo A/S. http://www.wisemo.com Transformervej 29, 2860 S?borg, Denmark. Direct +45 31 13 16 10 This public discussion message is non-binding and may contain errors. WiseMo - Remote Service Management for PCs, Phones and Embedded -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mta.openssl.org/pipermail/openssl-users/attachments/20150610/96000f47/attachment.html>
