In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, 21 Feb 2003 12:36:09 -0500, 
Geoff Thorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

geoff> * Harald Koch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
geoff> > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Richard Levitte 
- VMS Whacker writes:
geoff> > >
geoff> > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 20 Feb 2003 10:06:55 
+0300, Solar Designer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
geoff> > > 
geoff> > > solar> --- openssl-0.9.6h/crypto/x509/x509_vfy.c       Thu Nov 28 11:06:30 
2002
geoff> > > solar> +++ openssl-0.9.6i/crypto/x509/x509_vfy.c       Tue Dec 10 11:28:16 
2002
geoff> > > solar> @@ -897,7 +897,7 @@
geoff> > > solar>                 ctx->chain=NULL;
geoff> > > solar>                 }
geoff> > > solar>         
CRYPTO_free_ex_data(x509_store_ctx_method,ctx,&(ctx->ex_data));
geoff> > > solar> -       OPENSSL_cleanse(&ctx->ex_data,sizeof(CRYPTO_EX_DATA));
geoff> > > solar> +       memset(&ctx->ex_data,0,sizeof(CRYPTO_EX_DATA));
geoff> > > solar>         }
geoff> > > solar> 
geoff> > > solar> Is this change intentional, it appears to undo the change introduced
geoff> > > solar> between 0.9.6g and 0.9.6h?
geoff> > > 
geoff> > > Yes.  ex_data is a pointer, need I say more?  :-)
geoff> > 
geoff> > What's wrong with the much simpler "ctx->ex_data = 0;" then?
geoff> 
geoff> erm, ex_data is not a pointer, it is a CRYPTO_EX_DATA structure.
geoff> &ex_data is a pointer, of course.
geoff> 
geoff> Anyway, looking at the implementation of CRYPTO_free_ex_data(), I can't
geoff> understand why any cleanse/memset is required anyway? Richard - did you
geoff> change it just as part of the memset->cleanse audit, or is there a
geoff> reason in this specific case that some sanitisation is required?

There was a memset() there from the start, which I converted to a
OPENSSL_cleanse(), which was then correctly reported as a bug, so I
changed it back.  IIRC and without looking at the history...

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