BN_CTX_NEW - Online Linux Manual PageSection : 3ossl
Updated : 2022-03-15
Source : 3.0.2
Note : OpenSSL

NAMEBN_CTX_new_ex, BN_CTX_new, BN_CTX_secure_new_ex, BN_CTX_secure_new, BN_CTX_free ​− allocate and free BN_CTX structures

SYNOPSIS​ #include <openssl/bn.h> ​ ​ BN_CTX *BN_CTX_new_ex(OSSL_LIB_CTX *ctx); ​ BN_CTX *BN_CTX_new(void); ​ ​ BN_CTX *BN_CTX_secure_new_ex(OSSL_LIB_CTX *ctx); ​ BN_CTX *BN_CTX_secure_new(void); ​ ​ void BN_CTX_free(BN_CTX *c);

DESCRIPTIONA BN_CTX is a structure that holds BIGNUM temporary variables used by library functions. Since dynamic memory allocation to create BIGNUMs is rather expensive when used in conjunction with repeated subroutine calls, the BN_CTX structure is used. BN_CTX_new_ex() allocates and initializes a BN_CTX structure for the given library context ctx. The <ctx> value may be NULL in which case the default library context will be used. BN_CTX_new() is the same as BN_CTX_new_ex() except that the default library context is always used. BN_CTX_secure_new_ex() allocates and initializes a BN_CTX structure but uses the secure heap (see CRYPTO_secure_malloc(3)) to hold the ​BIGNUMs for the given library context ctx. The <ctx> value may be NULL in which case the default library context will be used. BN_CTX_secure_new() is the same as() except that the default library context is always used. BN_CTX_free() frees the components of the BN_CTX and the structure itself. Since BN_CTX_start() is required in order to obtain BIGNUMs from the ​BN_CTX, in most cases BN_CTX_end() must be called before the BN_CTX may be freed by BN_CTX_free(). If c is NULL, nothing is done. A given BN_CTX must only be used by a single thread of execution. No locking is performed, and the internal pool allocator will not properly handle multiple threads of execution.

RETURN VALUESBN_CTX_new() and BN_CTX_secure_new() return a pointer to the BN_CTX. If the allocation fails, they return NULL and sets an error code that can be obtained by ​ERR_get_error(3). BN_CTX_free() has no return values.

REMOVED FUNCTIONALITY​ void BN_CTX_init(BN_CTX *c); BN_CTX_init() is no longer available as of OpenSSL 1.1.0. Applications should replace use of BN_CTX_init with BN_CTX_new instead: ​ BN_CTX *ctx; ​ ctx = BN_CTX_new(); ​ if (!ctx) ​ /* error */ ​ ... ​ BN_CTX_free(ctx);

SEE ALSOERR_get_error(3), BN_add(3), ​BN_CTX_start(3)

HISTORYBN_CTX_init() was removed in OpenSSL 1.1.0.

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