/*
- * Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Andre Noll <maan@systemlinux.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Andre Noll <maan@systemlinux.org>
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
return pkey;
}
-
+/**
+ * read an RSA key from a file
+ *
+ * \param key_file the file containing the key
+ * \param rsa RSA structure is returned here
+ * \param private if non-zero, read the private key, otherwise the public key
+ *
+ * \return The size of the RSA key on success, negative on errors.
+ *
+ * \sa openssl(1), rsa(1).
+ */
int get_rsa_key(char *key_file, RSA **rsa, int private)
{
EVP_PKEY *key = load_key(key_file, private);
return RSA_size(*rsa);
}
+/**
+ * free an RSA structure
+ *
+ * \param rsa pointer to the RSA struct to free
+ *
+ * This must be called for any key obtained by get_rsa_key().
+ */
+void rsa_free(RSA *rsa)
+{
+ if (rsa)
+ RSA_free(rsa);
+}
+
/**
* decrypt a buffer using an RSA key
*
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
ret = RSA_private_decrypt(rsa_inlen, inbuf, outbuf, rsa, RSA_PKCS1_PADDING);
+ rsa_free(rsa);
return (ret > 0)? ret : -E_DECRYPT;
}