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Always turn off hyphenation; it makes .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents. .if n .ad l .nh .SH "NAME" OPENSSL_malloc_init, OPENSSL_malloc, OPENSSL_zalloc, OPENSSL_realloc, OPENSSL_free, OPENSSL_clear_realloc, OPENSSL_clear_free, OPENSSL_cleanse, CRYPTO_malloc, CRYPTO_zalloc, CRYPTO_realloc, CRYPTO_free, OPENSSL_strdup, OPENSSL_strndup, OPENSSL_memdup, OPENSSL_strlcpy, OPENSSL_strlcat, OPENSSL_hexstr2buf, OPENSSL_buf2hexstr, OPENSSL_hexchar2int, CRYPTO_strdup, CRYPTO_strndup, OPENSSL_mem_debug_push, OPENSSL_mem_debug_pop, CRYPTO_mem_debug_push, CRYPTO_mem_debug_pop, CRYPTO_clear_realloc, CRYPTO_clear_free, CRYPTO_get_mem_functions, CRYPTO_set_mem_functions, CRYPTO_get_alloc_counts, CRYPTO_set_mem_debug, CRYPTO_mem_ctrl, CRYPTO_mem_leaks, CRYPTO_mem_leaks_fp, CRYPTO_mem_leaks_cb, OPENSSL_MALLOC_FAILURES, OPENSSL_MALLOC_FD \&\- Memory allocation functions .SH "SYNOPSIS" .IX Header "SYNOPSIS" .Vb 1 \& #include <openssl/crypto.h> \& \& int OPENSSL_malloc_init(void) \& \& void *OPENSSL_malloc(size_t num) \& void *OPENSSL_zalloc(size_t num) \& void *OPENSSL_realloc(void *addr, size_t num) \& void OPENSSL_free(void *addr) \& char *OPENSSL_strdup(const char *str) \& char *OPENSSL_strndup(const char *str, size_t s) \& size_t OPENSSL_strlcat(char *dst, const char *src, size_t size); \& size_t OPENSSL_strlcpy(char *dst, const char *src, size_t size); \& void *OPENSSL_memdup(void *data, size_t s) \& void *OPENSSL_clear_realloc(void *p, size_t old_len, size_t num) \& void OPENSSL_clear_free(void *str, size_t num) \& void OPENSSL_cleanse(void *ptr, size_t len); \& \& unsigned char *OPENSSL_hexstr2buf(const char *str, long *len); \& char *OPENSSL_buf2hexstr(const unsigned char *buffer, long len); \& int OPENSSL_hexchar2int(unsigned char c); \& \& void *CRYPTO_malloc(size_t num, const char *file, int line) \& void *CRYPTO_zalloc(size_t num, const char *file, int line) \& void *CRYPTO_realloc(void *p, size_t num, const char *file, int line) \& void CRYPTO_free(void *str, const char *, int) \& char *CRYPTO_strdup(const char *p, const char *file, int line) \& char *CRYPTO_strndup(const char *p, size_t num, const char *file, int line) \& void *CRYPTO_clear_realloc(void *p, size_t old_len, size_t num, \& const char *file, int line) \& void CRYPTO_clear_free(void *str, size_t num, const char *, int) \& \& void CRYPTO_get_mem_functions( \& void *(**m)(size_t, const char *, int), \& void *(**r)(void *, size_t, const char *, int), \& void (**f)(void *, const char *, int)) \& int CRYPTO_set_mem_functions( \& void *(*m)(size_t, const char *, int), \& void *(*r)(void *, size_t, const char *, int), \& void (*f)(void *, const char *, int)) \& \& void CRYPTO_get_alloc_counts(int *m, int *r, int *f) \& \& int CRYPTO_set_mem_debug(int onoff) \& \& env OPENSSL_MALLOC_FAILURES=... <application> \& env OPENSSL_MALLOC_FD=... <application> \& \& int CRYPTO_mem_ctrl(int mode); \& \& int OPENSSL_mem_debug_push(const char *info) \& int OPENSSL_mem_debug_pop(void); \& \& int CRYPTO_mem_debug_push(const char *info, const char *file, int line); \& int CRYPTO_mem_debug_pop(void); \& \& int CRYPTO_mem_leaks(BIO *b); \& int CRYPTO_mem_leaks_fp(FILE *fp); \& int CRYPTO_mem_leaks_cb(int (*cb)(const char *str, size_t len, void *u), \& void *u); .Ve .SH "DESCRIPTION" .IX Header "DESCRIPTION" OpenSSL memory allocation is handled by the \fBOPENSSL_xxx\fR \s-1API.\s0 These are generally macro's that add the standard C \fB_\|_FILE_\|_\fR and \fB_\|_LINE_\|_\fR parameters and call a lower-level \fBCRYPTO_xxx\fR \s-1API.\s0 Some functions do not add those parameters, but exist for consistency. .PP \&\fBOPENSSL_malloc_init()\fR does nothing and does not need to be called. It is included for compatibility with older versions of OpenSSL. .PP \&\fBOPENSSL_malloc()\fR, \fBOPENSSL_realloc()\fR, and \fBOPENSSL_free()\fR are like the C \fBmalloc()\fR, \fBrealloc()\fR, and \fBfree()\fR functions. \&\fBOPENSSL_zalloc()\fR calls \fBmemset()\fR to zero the memory before returning. .PP \&\fBOPENSSL_clear_realloc()\fR and \fBOPENSSL_clear_free()\fR should be used when the buffer at \fBaddr\fR holds sensitive information. The old buffer is filled with zero's by calling \fBOPENSSL_cleanse()\fR before ultimately calling \fBOPENSSL_free()\fR. .PP \&\fBOPENSSL_cleanse()\fR fills \fBptr\fR of size \fBlen\fR with a string of 0's. Use \fBOPENSSL_cleanse()\fR with care if the memory is a mapping of a file. If the storage controller uses write compression, then it's possible that sensitive tail bytes will survive zeroization because the block of zeros will be compressed. If the storage controller uses wear leveling, then the old sensitive data will not be overwritten; rather, a block of 0's will be written at a new physical location. .PP \&\fBOPENSSL_strdup()\fR, \fBOPENSSL_strndup()\fR and \fBOPENSSL_memdup()\fR are like the equivalent C functions, except that memory is allocated by calling the \&\fBOPENSSL_malloc()\fR and should be released by calling \fBOPENSSL_free()\fR. .PP \&\fBOPENSSL_strlcpy()\fR, \&\fBOPENSSL_strlcat()\fR and \fBOPENSSL_strnlen()\fR are equivalents of the common C library functions and are provided for portability. .PP \&\fBOPENSSL_hexstr2buf()\fR parses \fBstr\fR as a hex string and returns a pointer to the parsed value. The memory is allocated by calling \&\fBOPENSSL_malloc()\fR and should be released by calling \fBOPENSSL_free()\fR. If \fBlen\fR is not \s-1NULL,\s0 it is filled in with the output length. Colons between two-character hex \*(L"bytes\*(R" are ignored. An odd number of hex digits is an error. .PP \&\fBOPENSSL_buf2hexstr()\fR takes the specified buffer and length, and returns a hex string for value, or \s-1NULL\s0 on error. \&\fBBuffer\fR cannot be \s-1NULL\s0; if \fBlen\fR is 0 an empty string is returned. .PP \&\fBOPENSSL_hexchar2int()\fR converts a character to the hexadecimal equivalent, or returns \-1 on error. .PP If no allocations have been done, it is possible to \*(L"swap out\*(R" the default implementations for \fBOPENSSL_malloc()\fR, OPENSSL_realloc and \fBOPENSSL_free()\fR and replace them with alternate versions (hooks). \&\fBCRYPTO_get_mem_functions()\fR function fills in the given arguments with the function pointers for the current implementations. With \fBCRYPTO_set_mem_functions()\fR, you can specify a different set of functions. If any of \fBm\fR, \fBr\fR, or \fBf\fR are \s-1NULL,\s0 then the function is not changed. .PP The default implementation can include some debugging capability (if enabled at build-time). This adds some overhead by keeping a list of all memory allocations, and removes items from the list when they are free'd. This is most useful for identifying memory leaks. \&\fBCRYPTO_set_mem_debug()\fR turns this tracking on and off. In order to have any effect, is must be called before any of the allocation functions (e.g., \fBCRYPTO_malloc()\fR) are called, and is therefore normally one of the first lines of \fBmain()\fR in an application. \&\fBCRYPTO_mem_ctrl()\fR provides fine-grained control of memory leak tracking. To enable tracking call \fBCRYPTO_mem_ctrl()\fR with a \fBmode\fR argument of the \fB\s-1CRYPTO_MEM_CHECK_ON\s0\fR. To disable tracking call \fBCRYPTO_mem_ctrl()\fR with a \fBmode\fR argument of the \fB\s-1CRYPTO_MEM_CHECK_OFF\s0\fR. .PP While checking memory, it can be useful to store additional context about what is being done. For example, identifying the field names when parsing a complicated data structure. \&\fBOPENSSL_mem_debug_push()\fR (which calls \fBCRYPTO_mem_debug_push()\fR) attaches an identifying string to the allocation stack. This must be a global or other static string; it is not copied. \&\fBOPENSSL_mem_debug_pop()\fR removes identifying state from the stack. .PP At the end of the program, calling \fBCRYPTO_mem_leaks()\fR or \&\fBCRYPTO_mem_leaks_fp()\fR will report all \*(L"leaked\*(R" memory, writing it to the specified \s-1BIO\s0 \fBb\fR or \s-1FILE\s0 \fBfp\fR. These functions return 1 if there are no leaks, 0 if there are leaks and \-1 if an error occurred. .PP \&\fBCRYPTO_mem_leaks_cb()\fR does the same as \fBCRYPTO_mem_leaks()\fR, but instead of writing to a given \s-1BIO,\s0 the callback function is called for each output string with the string, length, and userdata \fBu\fR as the callback parameters. .PP If the library is built with the \f(CW\*(C`crypto\-mdebug\*(C'\fR option, then one function, \fBCRYPTO_get_alloc_counts()\fR, and two additional environment variables, \fB\s-1OPENSSL_MALLOC_FAILURES\s0\fR and \fB\s-1OPENSSL_MALLOC_FD\s0\fR, are available. .PP The function \fBCRYPTO_get_alloc_counts()\fR fills in the number of times each of \fBCRYPTO_malloc()\fR, \fBCRYPTO_realloc()\fR, and \fBCRYPTO_free()\fR have been called, into the values pointed to by \fBmcount\fR, \fBrcount\fR, and \fBfcount\fR, respectively. If a pointer is \s-1NULL,\s0 then the corresponding count is not stored. .PP The variable \&\fB\s-1OPENSSL_MALLOC_FAILURES\s0\fR controls how often allocations should fail. It is a set of fields separated by semicolons, which each field is a count (defaulting to zero) and an optional atsign and percentage (defaulting to 100). If the count is zero, then it lasts forever. For example, \&\f(CW\*(C`100;@25\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`100@0;0@25\*(C'\fR means the first 100 allocations pass, then all other allocations (until the program exits or crashes) have a 25% chance of failing. .PP If the variable \fB\s-1OPENSSL_MALLOC_FD\s0\fR is parsed as a positive integer, then it is taken as an open file descriptor, and a record of all allocations is written to that descriptor. If an allocation will fail, and the platform supports it, then a backtrace will be written to the descriptor. This can be useful because a malloc may fail but not be checked, and problems will only occur later. The following example in classic shell syntax shows how to use this (will not work on all platforms): .PP .Vb 5 \& OPENSSL_MALLOC_FAILURES=\*(Aq200;@10\*(Aq \& export OPENSSL_MALLOC_FAILURES \& OPENSSL_MALLOC_FD=3 \& export OPENSSL_MALLOC_FD \& ...app invocation... 3>/tmp/log$$ .Ve .SH "RETURN VALUES" .IX Header "RETURN VALUES" \&\fBOPENSSL_malloc_init()\fR, \fBOPENSSL_free()\fR, \fBOPENSSL_clear_free()\fR \&\fBCRYPTO_free()\fR, \fBCRYPTO_clear_free()\fR and \fBCRYPTO_get_mem_functions()\fR return no value. .PP \&\fBCRYPTO_mem_leaks()\fR, \fBCRYPTO_mem_leaks_fp()\fR and \fBCRYPTO_mem_leaks_cb()\fR return 1 if there are no leaks, 0 if there are leaks and \-1 if an error occurred. .PP \&\fBOPENSSL_malloc()\fR, \fBOPENSSL_zalloc()\fR, \fBOPENSSL_realloc()\fR, \&\fBOPENSSL_clear_realloc()\fR, \&\fBCRYPTO_malloc()\fR, \fBCRYPTO_zalloc()\fR, \fBCRYPTO_realloc()\fR, \&\fBCRYPTO_clear_realloc()\fR, \&\fBOPENSSL_buf2hexstr()\fR, \fBOPENSSL_hexstr2buf()\fR, \&\fBOPENSSL_strdup()\fR, and \fBOPENSSL_strndup()\fR return a pointer to allocated memory or \s-1NULL\s0 on error. .PP \&\fBCRYPTO_set_mem_functions()\fR and \fBCRYPTO_set_mem_debug()\fR return 1 on success or 0 on failure (almost always because allocations have already happened). .PP \&\fBCRYPTO_mem_ctrl()\fR returns \-1 if an error occurred, otherwise the previous value of the mode. .PP \&\fBOPENSSL_mem_debug_push()\fR and \fBOPENSSL_mem_debug_pop()\fR return 1 on success or 0 on failure. .SH "NOTES" .IX Header "NOTES" While it's permitted to swap out only a few and not all the functions with \fBCRYPTO_set_mem_functions()\fR, it's recommended to swap them all out at once. \fIThis applies specially if OpenSSL was built with the configuration option\fR \f(CW\*(C`crypto\-mdebug\*(C'\fR \fIenabled. In case, swapping out only, say, the \f(BImalloc()\fI implementation is outright dangerous.\fR .SH "COPYRIGHT" .IX Header "COPYRIGHT" Copyright 2016\-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. .PP Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the \*(L"License\*(R"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file \s-1LICENSE\s0 in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.