Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH applied] Re: OpenSSL: don't use direct access to the internal of RSA_METHOD

[Steffan K. <st...@ka...>]

On 05-03-17 10:53, Gert Doering wrote:
> Small side note: I assume that RSA_meth_new() can fail and return NULL
> in OpenSSL 1.1?  Because for 1.0, the "check_malloc_return(rsa_meth)" call 
> isn't necessary, as ALLOC_OBJ_CLEAR() would call ALLOC_OBJ() and that
> already checks...  (mentioning this here in case someone wonders and goes
> to the list archives).

For the archives: yes, RSA_meth_new() indeed returns NULL if it's
internal malloc() call fails.

-Steffan