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- .IX Title "OPENSSL_MALLOC 3ossl"
- .TH OPENSSL_MALLOC 3ossl 2025-01-17 3.4.0 OpenSSL
- .\" For nroff, turn off justification. 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_aligned_alloc, OPENSSL_zalloc, OPENSSL_realloc,
- OPENSSL_free, OPENSSL_clear_realloc, OPENSSL_clear_free, OPENSSL_cleanse,
- CRYPTO_malloc, CRYPTO_aligned_alloc, CRYPTO_zalloc, CRYPTO_realloc, CRYPTO_free,
- OPENSSL_strdup, OPENSSL_strndup,
- OPENSSL_memdup, OPENSSL_strlcpy, OPENSSL_strlcat, OPENSSL_strtoul,
- 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_malloc_fn, CRYPTO_realloc_fn, CRYPTO_free_fn,
- 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_aligned_alloc(size_t num, size_t alignment, void **freeptr);
- \& 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);
- \& int OPENSSL_strtoul(char *src, char **endptr, int base, unsigned long *num);
- \& 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);
- \&
- \& void *CRYPTO_malloc(size_t num, const char *file, int line);
- \& void *CRYPTO_aligned_alloc(size_t num, size_t align, void **freeptr,
- \& 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);
- \&
- \& typedef void *(*CRYPTO_malloc_fn)(size_t num, const char *file, int line);
- \& typedef void *(*CRYPTO_realloc_fn)(void *addr, size_t num, const char *file,
- \& int line);
- \& typedef void (*CRYPTO_free_fn)(void *addr, const char *file, int line);
- \& void CRYPTO_get_mem_functions(CRYPTO_malloc_fn *malloc_fn,
- \& CRYPTO_realloc_fn *realloc_fn,
- \& CRYPTO_free_fn *free_fn);
- \& int CRYPTO_set_mem_functions(CRYPTO_malloc_fn malloc_fn,
- \& CRYPTO_realloc_fn realloc_fn,
- \& CRYPTO_free_fn free_fn);
- \&
- \& void CRYPTO_get_alloc_counts(int *mcount, int *rcount, int *fcount);
- \&
- \& env OPENSSL_MALLOC_FAILURES=... <application>
- \& env OPENSSL_MALLOC_FD=... <application>
- .Ve
- .PP
- The following functions have been deprecated since OpenSSL 3.0, and can be
- hidden entirely by defining \fBOPENSSL_API_COMPAT\fR with a suitable version value,
- see \fBopenssl_user_macros\fR\|(7):
- .PP
- .Vb 4
- \& 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);
- \&
- \& int CRYPTO_set_mem_debug(int onoff);
- \& 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);
- .Ve
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
- OpenSSL memory allocation is handled by the \fBOPENSSL_xxx\fR API. 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 API.
- 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_aligned_alloc()\fR operates just as OPENSSL_malloc does, but it
- allows for the caller to specify an alignment value, for instances in
- which the default alignment of malloc is insufficient for the callers
- needs. Note, the alignment value must be a power of 2, and the size
- specified must be a multiple of the alignment.
- NOTE: The call to \fBOPENSSL_aligned_alloc()\fR accepts a 3rd argument, \fIfreeptr\fR
- which must point to a void pointer. On some platforms, there is no available
- library call to obtain memory allocations greater than what malloc provides. In
- this case, OPENSSL_aligned_alloc implements its own alignment routine,
- allocating additional memory and offsetting the returned pointer to be on the
- requested alignment boundary. In order to safely free allocations made by this
- method, the caller must return the value in the \fIfreeptr\fR variable, rather than
- the returned pointer.
- .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. If the argument to \fBOPENSSL_free()\fR is
- NULL, nothing is done.
- .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_strtoul()\fR is a wrapper around the POSIX function strtoul, with the same
- behaviors listed in the POSIX documentation, with the additional behavior that
- it validates the input \fIstr\fR and \fInum\fR parameters for not being NULL, and confirms
- that at least a single byte of input has been consumed in the translation,
- returning an error in the event that no bytes were consumed.
- .PP
- If no allocations have been done, it is possible to "swap out" the default
- implementations for \fBOPENSSL_malloc()\fR, \fBOPENSSL_realloc()\fR and \fBOPENSSL_free()\fR
- and replace them with alternate versions.
- \&\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 \fBmalloc_fn\fR, \fBrealloc_fn\fR, or \fBfree_fn\fR are NULL, then
- the function is not changed.
- 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.
- .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, \fBOPENSSL_MALLOC_FAILURES\fR and \fBOPENSSL_MALLOC_FD\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 NULL, then the corresponding count is not stored.
- .PP
- The variable
- \&\fBOPENSSL_MALLOC_FAILURES\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 \fBOPENSSL_MALLOC_FD\fR is parsed as a positive integer, then
- it is taken as an open file descriptor. This is used in conjunction with
- \&\fBOPENSSL_MALLOC_FAILURES\fR described above. For every allocation it will log
- details about how many allocations there have been so far, what percentage
- chance there is for this allocation failing, and whether it has actually failed.
- 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
- \&\fBOPENSSL_malloc()\fR, \fBOPENSSL_aligned_alloc()\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_strdup()\fR, and \fBOPENSSL_strndup()\fR
- return a pointer to allocated memory or NULL on error.
- .PP
- \&\fBCRYPTO_set_mem_functions()\fR returns 1 on success or 0 on failure (almost
- always because allocations have already happened).
- .PP
- \&\fBCRYPTO_mem_leaks()\fR, \fBCRYPTO_mem_leaks_fp()\fR, \fBCRYPTO_mem_leaks_cb()\fR,
- \&\fBCRYPTO_set_mem_debug()\fR, and \fBCRYPTO_mem_ctrl()\fR are deprecated and are no-ops that
- always return \-1.
- \&\fBOPENSSL_mem_debug_push()\fR, \fBOPENSSL_mem_debug_pop()\fR,
- \&\fBCRYPTO_mem_debug_push()\fR, and \fBCRYPTO_mem_debug_pop()\fR
- are deprecated and are no-ops that always return 0.
- .PP
- \&\fBOPENSSL_strtoul()\fR returns 1 on success and 0 in the event that an error has
- occurred. Specifically, 0 is returned in the following events:
- .IP \(bu 4
- If the underlying call to strtoul returned a non zero errno value
- .IP \(bu 4
- If the translation did not consume the entire input string, and the passed
- endptr value was NULL
- .IP \(bu 4
- If no characters were consumed in the translation
- .PP
- Note that a success condition does not imply that the expected
- translation has been performed. For instance calling
- .PP
- .Vb 1
- \& OPENSSL_strtoul("0x12345", &endptr, 10, &num);
- .Ve
- .PP
- will result in a successful translation with num having the value 0, and
- *endptr = 'x'. Be sure to validate how much data was consumed when calling this
- function.
- .SH HISTORY
- .IX Header "HISTORY"
- \&\fBOPENSSL_mem_debug_push()\fR, \fBOPENSSL_mem_debug_pop()\fR,
- \&\fBCRYPTO_mem_debug_push()\fR, \fBCRYPTO_mem_debug_pop()\fR,
- \&\fBCRYPTO_mem_leaks()\fR, \fBCRYPTO_mem_leaks_fp()\fR,
- \&\fBCRYPTO_mem_leaks_cb()\fR, \fBCRYPTO_set_mem_debug()\fR, \fBCRYPTO_mem_ctrl()\fR
- were deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.
- The memory-leak checking has been deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0 in favor of
- clang's memory and leak sanitizer.
- \&\fBOPENSSL_aligned_alloc()\fR, \fBCRYPTO_aligned_alloc()\fR were added in OpenSSL 3.4.0
- .SH COPYRIGHT
- .IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
- Copyright 2016\-2024 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
- .PP
- Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
- this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
- in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
- <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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