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  57. .IX Title "SSL_FREE 3ossl"
  58. .TH SSL_FREE 3ossl 2025-01-17 3.4.0 OpenSSL
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  63. .SH NAME
  64. SSL_free \- free an allocated SSL structure
  65. .SH SYNOPSIS
  66. .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
  67. .Vb 1
  68. \& #include <openssl/ssl.h>
  69. \&
  70. \& void SSL_free(SSL *ssl);
  71. .Ve
  72. .SH DESCRIPTION
  73. .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
  74. \&\fBSSL_free()\fR decrements the reference count of \fBssl\fR, and removes the SSL
  75. structure pointed to by \fBssl\fR and frees up the allocated memory if the
  76. reference count has reached 0.
  77. If \fBssl\fR is NULL nothing is done.
  78. .SH NOTES
  79. .IX Header "NOTES"
  80. \&\fBSSL_free()\fR also calls the \fBfree()\fRing procedures for indirectly affected items, if
  81. applicable: the buffering BIO, the read and write BIOs,
  82. cipher lists specially created for this \fBssl\fR, the \fBSSL_SESSION\fR.
  83. Do not explicitly free these indirectly freed up items before or after
  84. calling \fBSSL_free()\fR, as trying to free things twice may lead to program
  85. failure.
  86. .PP
  87. The ssl session has reference counts from two users: the SSL object, for
  88. which the reference count is removed by \fBSSL_free()\fR and the internal
  89. session cache. If the session is considered bad, because
  90. \&\fBSSL_shutdown\fR\|(3) was not called for the connection
  91. and \fBSSL_set_shutdown\fR\|(3) was not used to set the
  92. SSL_SENT_SHUTDOWN state, the session will also be removed
  93. from the session cache as required by RFC2246.
  94. .PP
  95. When used to free a QUIC stream SSL object, the respective sending and receiving
  96. parts of the stream are reset unless those parts have already been concluded
  97. normally:
  98. .IP \(bu 4
  99. If the stream has a sending part (in other words, if it is bidirectional or a
  100. locally-initiated unidirectional stream) and that part has not been concluded
  101. via a call to \fBSSL_stream_conclude\fR\|(3) or \fBSSL_stream_reset\fR\|(3) on the QUIC
  102. stream SSL object, a call to \fBSSL_free()\fR automatically resets the sending part of
  103. the stream as though \fBSSL_stream_reset\fR\|(3) were called with a QUIC application
  104. error code of 0.
  105. .IP \(bu 4
  106. If the stream has a receiving part (in other words, if it is bidirectional or a
  107. remotely-initiated unidirectional stream), and the peer has not yet concluded
  108. that part of the stream normally (such as via a call to
  109. \&\fBSSL_stream_conclude\fR\|(3) on its own end), a call to \fBSSL_free()\fR automatically
  110. requests the reset of the receiving part of the stream using a QUIC STOP_SENDING
  111. frame with a QUIC application error code of 0. Note that as per the QUIC
  112. protocol, this will automatically cause the peer to reset that part of the
  113. stream in turn (which is its sending part).
  114. .PP
  115. A QUIC stream SSL object maintains a reference to a QUIC connection SSL object
  116. internally, therefore a QUIC stream SSL object and its parent QUIC connection
  117. SSL object can be freed in either order.
  118. .SH "RETURN VALUES"
  119. .IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
  120. \&\fBSSL_free()\fR does not provide diagnostic information.
  121. .PP
  122. \&\fBSSL_new\fR\|(3), \fBSSL_clear\fR\|(3),
  123. \&\fBSSL_shutdown\fR\|(3), \fBSSL_set_shutdown\fR\|(3),
  124. \&\fBssl\fR\|(7)
  125. .SH COPYRIGHT
  126. .IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
  127. Copyright 2000\-2023 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
  128. .PP
  129. Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
  130. this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
  131. in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
  132. <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.