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@xxxxxxxxxx> 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 -- 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 _______________________________________________ openssl-users mailing list To unsubscribe: https://mta.openssl.org/mailman/listinfo/openssl-users -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mta.openssl.org/pipermail/openssl-users/attachments/20150610/5a7383d1/attachment-0001.html> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: graycol.gif Type: image/gif Size: 105 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://mta.openssl.org/pipermail/openssl-users/attachments/20150610/5a7383d1/attachment-0001.gif>