Updated doc for BN_clear, BN_CTX_end when param is NULL
Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/8532)
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@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ calls must be made before calling any other functions that use the
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B<ctx> as an argument.
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Finally, BN_CTX_end() must be called before returning from the function.
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If B<ctx> is NULL, nothing is done.
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When BN_CTX_end() is called, the B<BIGNUM> pointers obtained from
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BN_CTX_get() become invalid.
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@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ OPENSSL_secure_malloc(3) is used to store the value.
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BN_clear() is used to destroy sensitive data such as keys when they
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are no longer needed. It erases the memory used by B<a> and sets it
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to the value 0.
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If B<a> is NULL, nothing is done.
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BN_free() frees the components of the B<BIGNUM>, and if it was created
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by BN_new(), also the structure itself. BN_clear_free() additionally
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