openssl: avoid NULL pointer dereference in EVP_DigestInit_ex() We should avoid accessing the type pointer if it's NULL, this could happen if ctx->digest is not NULL. Upstream-Status: Submitted http://www.mail-archive.com/openssl-dev@openssl.org/msg32860.html Signed-off-by: Xufeng Zhang --- Index: openssl-1.0.2h/crypto/evp/digest.c =================================================================== --- openssl-1.0.2h.orig/crypto/evp/digest.c +++ openssl-1.0.2h/crypto/evp/digest.c @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ int EVP_DigestInit_ex(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, c type = ctx->digest; } #endif - if (ctx->digest != type) { + if (type && (ctx->digest != type)) { if (ctx->digest && ctx->digest->ctx_size) { OPENSSL_free(ctx->md_data); ctx->md_data = NULL;