This is a discussion on [openssl.org #1297] PATCH x509_vpm in 0.9.8a - Openssl ; [mdaniel@gmail.com - Tue Mar 21 12:26:12 2006]: > >My httpd-2.2.0 was getting segfaults due to the "dest" param being NULL, as seen below. >It would be some major pain and suffering for me to verify _why_ this event >was happening, ...
[mdaniel@gmail.com - Tue Mar 21 12:26:12 2006]:
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>My httpd-2.2.0 was getting segfaults due to the "dest" param being NULL, as
seen below.
>It would be some major pain and suffering for me to verify _why_ this event
>was happening, but once the attached patch is applied, it no longer
segfaults.
There is something seriously wrong if "dest" is NULL at that point.
In the function ssl_verify_cert_chain() that parameter is initialized by
the call to X509_STORE_CTX_init(). If that initalization failed it
should never reach that point.
Steve.
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