ECDSA_SIG_free(3ossl)

1ECDSA_SIG_NEW(3ossl)                OpenSSL               ECDSA_SIG_NEW(3ossl)
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NAME

6       ECDSA_SIG_new, ECDSA_SIG_free, ECDSA_SIG_get0, ECDSA_SIG_get0_r,
7       ECDSA_SIG_get0_s, ECDSA_SIG_set0 - Functions for creating, destroying
8       and manipulating ECDSA_SIG objects
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SYNOPSIS

11        #include <openssl/ecdsa.h>
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13        ECDSA_SIG *ECDSA_SIG_new(void);
14        void ECDSA_SIG_free(ECDSA_SIG *sig);
15        void ECDSA_SIG_get0(const ECDSA_SIG *sig, const BIGNUM **pr, const BIGNUM **ps);
16        const BIGNUM *ECDSA_SIG_get0_r(const ECDSA_SIG *sig);
17        const BIGNUM *ECDSA_SIG_get0_s(const ECDSA_SIG *sig);
18        int ECDSA_SIG_set0(ECDSA_SIG *sig, BIGNUM *r, BIGNUM *s);
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DESCRIPTION

21       ECDSA_SIG is an opaque structure consisting of two BIGNUMs for the r
22       and s value of an Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA)
23       signature (see FIPS186-4 or X9.62).  The ECDSA_SIG object was mainly
24       used by the deprecated low level functions described in ECDSA_sign(3),
25       it is still required in order to be able to set or get the values of r
26       and s into or from a signature. This is mainly used for testing
27       purposes as shown in the "EXAMPLES".
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29       ECDSA_SIG_new() allocates an empty ECDSA_SIG structure.  Note: before
30       OpenSSL 1.1.0, the r and s components were initialised.
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32       ECDSA_SIG_free() frees the ECDSA_SIG structure sig.
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34       ECDSA_SIG_get0() returns internal pointers the r and s values contained
35       in sig and stores them in *pr and *ps, respectively.  The pointer pr or
36       ps can be NULL, in which case the corresponding value is not returned.
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38       The values r, s can also be retrieved separately by the corresponding
39       function ECDSA_SIG_get0_r() and ECDSA_SIG_get0_s(), respectively.
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41       Non-NULL r and s values can be set on the sig by calling
42       ECDSA_SIG_set0(). Calling this function transfers the memory management
43       of the values to the ECDSA_SIG object, and therefore the values that
44       have been passed in should not be freed by the caller.
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46       See i2d_ECDSA_SIG(3) and d2i_ECDSA_SIG(3) for information about
47       encoding and decoding ECDSA signatures to/from DER.
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RETURN VALUES

50       ECDSA_SIG_new() returns NULL if the allocation fails.
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52       ECDSA_SIG_set0() returns 1 on success or 0 on failure.
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54       ECDSA_SIG_get0_r() and ECDSA_SIG_get0_s() return the corresponding
55       value, or NULL if it is unset.
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EXAMPLES

58       Extract signature r and s values from a ECDSA signature of size
59       signaturelen:
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61        ECDSA_SIG *obj;
62        const BIGNUM *r, *s;
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64        /* Load a signature into the ECDSA_SIG object */
65        obj = d2i_ECDSA_SIG(NULL, &signature, signaturelen);
66        if (obj == NULL)
67            /* error */
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69        r = ECDSA_SIG_get0_r(obj);
70        s = ECDSA_SIG_get0_s(obj);
71        if (r == NULL || s == NULL)
72            /* error */
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74        /* Use BN_bn2binpad() here to convert to r and s into byte arrays */
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76        /*
77         * Do not try to access I<r> or I<s> after calling ECDSA_SIG_free(),
78         * as they are both freed by this call.
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80        ECDSA_SIG_free(obj);
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82       Convert r and s byte arrays into an ECDSA_SIG signature of size
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85        ECDSA_SIG *obj = NULL;
86        unsigned char *signature = NULL;
87        size_t signaturelen;
88        BIGNUM *rbn = NULL, *sbn = NULL;
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90        obj = ECDSA_SIG_new();
91        if (obj == NULL)
92            /* error */
93        rbn = BN_bin2bn(r, rlen, NULL);
94        sbn = BN_bin2bn(s, slen, NULL);
95        if (rbn == NULL || sbn == NULL)
96            /* error */
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98        if (!ECDSA_SIG_set0(obj, rbn, sbn))
99            /* error */
100        /* Set these to NULL since they are now owned by obj */
101        rbn = sbn = NULL;
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103        signaturelen = i2d_ECDSA_SIG(obj, &signature);
104        if (signaturelen <= 0)
105            /* error */
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107        /*
108         * This signature could now be passed to L<EVP_DigestVerify(3)>
109         * or L<EVP_DigestVerifyFinal(3)>
110         */
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112        BN_free(rbn);
113        BN_free(sbn);
114        OPENSSL_free(signature);
115        ECDSA_SIG_free(obj);
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CONFORMING TO

118       ANSI X9.62, US Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS186-4
119       (Digital Signature Standard, DSS)
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COPYRIGHT

126       Copyright 2004-2022 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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128       Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
129       this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
130       in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
131       <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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