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Document that OPENSSL_free() is required in some circumstances
authortb <tb@openbsd.org>
Sun, 6 Nov 2022 18:31:15 +0000 (18:31 +0000)
committertb <tb@openbsd.org>
Sun, 6 Nov 2022 18:31:15 +0000 (18:31 +0000)
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Document that OPENSSL_free() is required in some circumstances

BoringSSL uses the common trick of storing malloc metadata in a prefix
and then returning a pointer with an offset. Therefore callers must not
call free() but OPENSSL_free().

Reported by dropk1ck via tobhe

ok beck jsing
lib/libcrypto/man/OPENSSL_malloc.3 diff | blob | history
OpenBSD src
by Ahmet Artu Yildirim