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  135. .IX Title "X509_NEW 3ossl"
  136. .TH X509_NEW 3ossl "2024-09-03" "3.3.2" "OpenSSL"
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  140. .nh
  141. .SH "NAME"
  142. X509_new, X509_new_ex,
  143. X509_free, X509_up_ref,
  144. X509_chain_up_ref,
  145. OSSL_STACK_OF_X509_free
  146. \&\- X509 certificate ASN1 allocation and deallocation functions
  147. .SH "SYNOPSIS"
  148. .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
  149. .Vb 1
  150. \& #include <openssl/x509.h>
  151. \&
  152. \& X509 *X509_new(void);
  153. \& X509 *X509_new_ex(OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx, const char *propq);
  154. \& void X509_free(X509 *a);
  155. \& int X509_up_ref(X509 *a);
  156. \& STACK_OF(X509) *X509_chain_up_ref(STACK_OF(X509) *x);
  157. \& void OSSL_STACK_OF_X509_free(STACK_OF(X509) *certs);
  158. .Ve
  159. .SH "DESCRIPTION"
  160. .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
  161. The X509 \s-1ASN1\s0 allocation routines allocate and free an
  162. X509 structure, which represents an X509 certificate.
  163. .PP
  164. \&\fBX509_new_ex()\fR allocates and initializes a X509 structure with a
  165. library context of \fIlibctx\fR, property query of \fIpropq\fR and a reference
  166. count of \fB1\fR. Many X509 functions such as \fBX509_check_purpose()\fR, and
  167. \&\fBX509_verify()\fR use this library context to select which providers supply the
  168. fetched algorithms (\s-1SHA1\s0 is used internally). This created X509 object can then
  169. be used when loading binary data using \fBd2i_X509()\fR.
  170. .PP
  171. \&\fBX509_new()\fR is similar to \fBX509_new_ex()\fR but sets the library context
  172. and property query to \s-1NULL.\s0 This results in the default (\s-1NULL\s0) library context
  173. being used for any X509 operations requiring algorithm fetches.
  174. .PP
  175. \&\fBX509_free()\fR decrements the reference count of \fBX509\fR structure \fBa\fR and
  176. frees it up if the reference count is zero. If the argument is \s-1NULL,\s0
  177. nothing is done.
  178. .PP
  179. \&\fBX509_up_ref()\fR increments the reference count of \fBa\fR.
  180. .PP
  181. \&\fBX509_chain_up_ref()\fR increases the reference count of all certificates in
  182. chain \fBx\fR and returns a copy of the stack, or an empty stack if \fBa\fR is \s-1NULL.\s0
  183. .PP
  184. \&\fBOSSL_STACK_OF_X509_free()\fR deallocates the given list of pointers to
  185. certificates after calling \fBX509_free()\fR on all its elements.
  186. If the argument is \s-1NULL,\s0 nothing is done.
  187. .SH "NOTES"
  188. .IX Header "NOTES"
  189. The function \fBX509_up_ref()\fR if useful if a certificate structure is being
  190. used by several different operations each of which will free it up after
  191. use: this avoids the need to duplicate the entire certificate structure.
  192. .PP
  193. The function \fBX509_chain_up_ref()\fR doesn't just up the reference count of
  194. each certificate. It also returns a copy of the stack, using \fBsk_X509_dup()\fR,
  195. but it serves a similar purpose: the returned chain persists after the
  196. original has been freed.
  197. .SH "RETURN VALUES"
  198. .IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
  199. If the allocation fails, \fBX509_new()\fR returns \s-1NULL\s0 and sets an error
  200. code that can be obtained by \fBERR_get_error\fR\|(3).
  201. Otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly allocated structure.
  202. .PP
  203. \&\fBX509_up_ref()\fR returns 1 for success and 0 for failure.
  204. .PP
  205. \&\fBX509_chain_up_ref()\fR returns a copy of the stack or \s-1NULL\s0 if an error occurred.
  206. .PP
  207. \&\fBOSSL_STACK_OF_X509_free()\fR has no return value.
  208. .SH "SEE ALSO"
  209. .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
  210. \&\fBd2i_X509\fR\|(3),
  211. \&\fBERR_get_error\fR\|(3),
  212. \&\fBX509_CRL_get0_by_serial\fR\|(3),
  213. \&\fBX509_get0_signature\fR\|(3),
  214. \&\fBX509_get_ext_d2i\fR\|(3),
  215. \&\fBX509_get_extension_flags\fR\|(3),
  216. \&\fBX509_get_pubkey\fR\|(3),
  217. \&\fBX509_get_subject_name\fR\|(3),
  218. \&\fBX509_get_version\fR\|(3),
  219. \&\fBX509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt\fR\|(3),
  220. \&\fBX509_NAME_ENTRY_get_object\fR\|(3),
  221. \&\fBX509_NAME_get_index_by_NID\fR\|(3),
  222. \&\fBX509_NAME_print_ex\fR\|(3),
  223. \&\fBX509_sign\fR\|(3),
  224. \&\fBX509V3_get_d2i\fR\|(3),
  225. \&\fBX509_verify_cert\fR\|(3)
  226. .SH "HISTORY"
  227. .IX Header "HISTORY"
  228. \&\fBX509_new_ex()\fR was added in OpenSSL 3.0.
  229. .PP
  230. \&\fBOSSL_STACK_OF_X509_free()\fR was added in OpenSSL 3.2.
  231. .SH "COPYRIGHT"
  232. .IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
  233. Copyright 2002\-2024 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
  234. .PP
  235. Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the \*(L"License\*(R"). You may not use
  236. this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
  237. in the file \s-1LICENSE\s0 in the source distribution or at
  238. <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.