Re: Regression in 1.1.1 against 1.1.0 in SSL_CTX_new

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> Am 16.04.2020 um 22:17 schrieb Benjamin Kaduk <bkaduk@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 09:41:23PM +0200, Harald Koch wrote:
>> Am 16.04.2020 um 17:54 schrieb Tomas Mraz <tmraz@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> 
>>> error queue of openSSL stays empty. The same code works with
>>>> openSSL with gzip support („./config enable-zlib ...“, for support of
>>>> compressed SMIME contents in other application).
>>>> Do you call the OPENSSL_init_ssl from the main thread or from the
>>>>> TLS
>>>>> server thread?
>>>> I call it from the TLS server thread (created by pthread_create):
>>>> 
>>>> if (!OPENSSL_init_ssl(OPENSSL_INIT_LOAD_SSL_STRINGS, NULL))
>>>> 	return;
>>>> I tried to do it only once (instead of every started thread): no
>>>> difference.
>>> I do not see how this error could really happen unless
>>> OPENSSL_cleanup() is called.
>>> 
>>> Could you try to set a breakpoint on that function and see if it is
>>> somehow called inadvertently?
>> gdb is actually unavailable, so I added a big „printf“ at the beginning of crypto/init.c, recompiled (even without zlib support as I’ve seen there’s much functionality in there), function OPENSSL_cleanup: it’s not called. I’m very sure OPENSSL_cleanup is not called. 
>> 
>>> In addition, I load random data via /dev/urandom (also tested only
>>>> once or every time the server thread starts):
>>>> 	RAND_load_file("/dev/urandom", 256);
>>> That call should not be necessary.
>> I removed it just in case it may have an influence. No better result. :(
>> 
>> 
>> I have a workaround and possibly it’s the solution, I would like to have your valuable statement here: you asked where I call OPENSSL_init_ssl: it’s done in the thread for TLS server. When I initialize it earlier in the main thread, the subsequent generated (second) thread works as expected! Is this spooky or expected behaviour?
> 
> Just to check: what OS is this on?
Linux x86-64. Every Debian from 7 to 10 tested.





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