Check the archives. There used to be some known but harmless memory leaks, and maybe a few less than obvious calls (like ERR_free_strings(), ERR_remove_state(0), EVP_cleanup()) you need to make to free some memory that gets magically allocated.
====================== Greg Stark [EMAIL PROTECTED] ====================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Frazor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 10:20 AM Subject: RE: Memory leak > I have also noticed a leak under Windows/32 using 9.6a. I have started the > task of locating the source of the leak. My memory "tester" says it is > OpenSSL. I have done everything I can to insure that everything is closed > and freed. The best I can get is down to a 4K leak. > > I'm not convicned it is OpenSSl, although it appears to be. There is a > function in openssl that will help with leak detection. I shouldn't have to > do this though. If I close the sockets (and make ure they are closed) and > close and free all OPenSSL contexts, the memory should be freed. > > I'm not complaining, just thought I would let you know I am having some of > the same problems. > > Scott > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Per Jakobsson (QTX) > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 4:52 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Cc: Tobias Austrell (ETX); Roger Jonsson K (QTX) > Subject: Memory leak > > > Hi. > First time using this, we'll see if the question is "old". > Anyway, we are using open ssl in a project at Ericsson. In an application > there is a socket layer encapculating the ssl functionallity. Using these > sockets works fine. Unfortunately, I have discovered a memory leak when > using these sockets. If a socket is opened, used and closed, there is 9040 > bytes left on the heap. If I open a socket, but close it before sll > handshake is finnished, there is no leakage. My question is, could this be > an error the open sll version we are using, or are we using OpenSsl in an > incorrect way? Any ideas? > > OS: OSE Delta. > Our version: 0.9.5a > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
