Merge pull request #8810 from PiotrBzdrega/development
move entropy init prior arguments number recognition
diff --git a/ChangeLog.d/gen-key-segfault.txt b/ChangeLog.d/gen-key-segfault.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fefc702
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ChangeLog.d/gen-key-segfault.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Bugfix
+ * Avoid segmentation fault caused by releasing not initialized
+ entropy resource in gen_key example. Fixes #8809.
diff --git a/programs/pkey/gen_key.c b/programs/pkey/gen_key.c
index 6914c93..194a5cb 100644
--- a/programs/pkey/gen_key.c
+++ b/programs/pkey/gen_key.c
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@
mbedtls_mpi_init(&DQ); mbedtls_mpi_init(&QP);
#endif /* MBEDTLS_RSA_C */
+ mbedtls_entropy_init(&entropy);
mbedtls_pk_init(&key);
mbedtls_ctr_drbg_init(&ctr_drbg);
memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
@@ -336,7 +337,6 @@
mbedtls_printf("\n . Seeding the random number generator...");
fflush(stdout);
- mbedtls_entropy_init(&entropy);
#if !defined(_WIN32) && defined(MBEDTLS_FS_IO)
if (opt.use_dev_random) {
if ((ret = mbedtls_entropy_add_source(&entropy, dev_random_entropy_poll,