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 --- --- a/crypto/evp/digest.c +++ b/crypto/evp/digest.c @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ return 0; } #endif - if (ctx->digest != type) + if (type && (ctx->digest != type)) { if (ctx->digest && ctx->digest->ctx_size) OPENSSL_free(ctx->md_data);