diff --git a/library/ssl_msg.c b/library/ssl_msg.c
index dfcdc93..217859c 100644
--- a/library/ssl_msg.c
+++ b/library/ssl_msg.c
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 }
 
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_RECORD_CHECKING)
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_parse_record_header( mbedtls_ssl_context const *ssl,
                                     unsigned char *buf,
                                     size_t len,
@@ -165,11 +166,16 @@
 static void ssl_buffering_free_slot( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl,
                                      uint8_t slot );
 static void ssl_free_buffered_record( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl );
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_load_buffered_message( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl );
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_load_buffered_record( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl );
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_buffer_message( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl );
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_buffer_future_record( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl,
                                      mbedtls_record const *rec );
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_next_record_is_in_datagram( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl );
 
 static size_t ssl_get_maximum_datagram_size( mbedtls_ssl_context const *ssl )
@@ -187,6 +193,7 @@
     return( out_buf_len );
 }
 
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_get_remaining_space_in_datagram( mbedtls_ssl_context const *ssl )
 {
     size_t const bytes_written = ssl->out_left;
@@ -203,6 +210,7 @@
     return( (int) ( mtu - bytes_written ) );
 }
 
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_get_remaining_payload_in_datagram( mbedtls_ssl_context const *ssl )
 {
     int ret = MBEDTLS_ERR_ERROR_CORRUPTION_DETECTED;
@@ -254,6 +262,7 @@
  * Double the retransmit timeout value, within the allowed range,
  * returning -1 if the maximum value has already been reached.
  */
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_double_retransmit_timeout( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
 {
     uint32_t new_timeout;
@@ -353,6 +362,7 @@
  *  - A negative error code if `max_len` didn't offer enough space
  *    for the expansion.
  */
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_build_inner_plaintext( unsigned char *content,
                                       size_t *content_size,
                                       size_t remaining,
@@ -380,6 +390,7 @@
 
 /* This function parses a (D)TLSInnerPlaintext structure.
  * See ssl_build_inner_plaintext() for details. */
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_parse_inner_plaintext( unsigned char const *content,
                                           size_t *content_size,
                                           uint8_t *rec_type )
@@ -474,6 +485,7 @@
 /*
  * SSLv3.0 MAC functions
  */
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_mac( mbedtls_md_context_t *md_ctx,
                     const unsigned char *secret,
                     const unsigned char *buf, size_t len,
@@ -541,6 +553,7 @@
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_GCM_C) || \
     defined(MBEDTLS_CCM_C) || \
     defined(MBEDTLS_CHACHAPOLY_C)
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_transform_aead_dynamic_iv_is_explicit(
                                 mbedtls_ssl_transform const *transform )
 {
@@ -1738,6 +1751,7 @@
 /*
  * Compression/decompression functions
  */
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_compress_buf( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
 {
     int ret = MBEDTLS_ERR_ERROR_CORRUPTION_DETECTED;
@@ -1790,6 +1804,7 @@
     return( 0 );
 }
 
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_decompress_buf( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
 {
     int ret = MBEDTLS_ERR_ERROR_CORRUPTION_DETECTED;
@@ -2149,6 +2164,7 @@
 /*
  * Append current handshake message to current outgoing flight
  */
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_flight_append( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
 {
     mbedtls_ssl_flight_item *msg;
@@ -2215,6 +2231,7 @@
 /*
  * Swap transform_out and out_ctr with the alternative ones
  */
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_swap_epochs( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
 {
     mbedtls_ssl_transform *tmp_transform;
@@ -2857,6 +2874,7 @@
 
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_DTLS)
 
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_hs_is_proper_fragment( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
 {
     if( ssl->in_msglen < ssl->in_hslen ||
@@ -2882,6 +2900,7 @@
               ssl->in_msg[8] );
 }
 
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_check_hs_header( mbedtls_ssl_context const *ssl )
 {
     uint32_t msg_len, frag_off, frag_len;
@@ -2948,6 +2967,7 @@
 /*
  * Check that bitmask is full
  */
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_bitmask_check( unsigned char *mask, size_t len )
 {
     size_t i;
@@ -3147,6 +3167,7 @@
             ( (uint64_t) buf[5]       ) );
 }
 
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int mbedtls_ssl_dtls_record_replay_check( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl, uint8_t *record_in_ctr )
 {
     int ret = MBEDTLS_ERR_ERROR_CORRUPTION_DETECTED;
@@ -3239,6 +3260,7 @@
  *   return MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_HELLO_VERIFY_REQUIRED
  * - otherwise return a specific error code
  */
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 MBEDTLS_STATIC_TESTABLE
 int mbedtls_ssl_check_dtls_clihlo_cookie(
                            mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl,
@@ -3397,6 +3419,7 @@
  * includes the case of MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_CLIENT_RECONNECT and of unexpected
  * errors, and is the right thing to do in both cases).
  */
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_handle_possible_reconnect( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
 {
     int ret = MBEDTLS_ERR_ERROR_CORRUPTION_DETECTED;
@@ -3452,6 +3475,7 @@
 }
 #endif /* MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CLIENT_PORT_REUSE && MBEDTLS_SSL_SRV_C */
 
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_check_record_type( uint8_t record_type )
 {
     if( record_type != MBEDTLS_SSL_MSG_HANDSHAKE &&
@@ -3484,6 +3508,7 @@
  * Point 2 is needed when the peer is resending, and we have already received
  * the first record from a datagram but are still waiting for the others.
  */
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_parse_record_header( mbedtls_ssl_context const *ssl,
                                     unsigned char *buf,
                                     size_t len,
@@ -3719,6 +3744,7 @@
 
 
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CLIENT_PORT_REUSE) && defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_SRV_C)
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_check_client_reconnect( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
 {
     unsigned int rec_epoch = ( ssl->in_ctr[0] << 8 ) | ssl->in_ctr[1];
@@ -3748,6 +3774,7 @@
 /*
  * If applicable, decrypt record content
  */
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_prepare_record_content( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl,
                                        mbedtls_record *rec )
 {
@@ -3899,8 +3926,11 @@
  */
 
 /* Helper functions for mbedtls_ssl_read_record(). */
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_consume_current_message( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl );
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_get_next_record( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl );
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_record_is_in_progress( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl );
 
 int mbedtls_ssl_read_record( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl,
@@ -3988,6 +4018,7 @@
 }
 
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_DTLS)
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_next_record_is_in_datagram( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
 {
     if( ssl->in_left > ssl->next_record_offset )
@@ -3996,6 +4027,7 @@
     return( 0 );
 }
 
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_load_buffered_message( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
 {
     mbedtls_ssl_handshake_params * const hs = ssl->handshake;
@@ -4093,6 +4125,7 @@
     return( ret );
 }
 
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_buffer_make_space( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl,
                                   size_t desired )
 {
@@ -4135,6 +4168,7 @@
     return( -1 );
 }
 
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_buffer_message( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
 {
     int ret = 0;
@@ -4339,6 +4373,7 @@
 }
 #endif /* MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_DTLS */
 
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_consume_current_message( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
 {
     /*
@@ -4426,6 +4461,7 @@
     return( 0 );
 }
 
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_record_is_in_progress( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
 {
     if( ssl->in_msglen > 0 )
@@ -4452,6 +4488,7 @@
     }
 }
 
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_load_buffered_record( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
 {
     mbedtls_ssl_handshake_params * const hs = ssl->handshake;
@@ -4509,6 +4546,7 @@
     return( 0 );
 }
 
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_buffer_future_record( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl,
                                      mbedtls_record const *rec )
 {
@@ -4567,6 +4605,7 @@
 
 #endif /* MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_DTLS */
 
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_get_next_record( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
 {
     int ret = MBEDTLS_ERR_ERROR_CORRUPTION_DETECTED;
@@ -5317,6 +5356,7 @@
 /*
  * Check record counters and renegotiate if they're above the limit.
  */
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_check_ctr_renegotiate( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
 {
     size_t ep_len = mbedtls_ssl_ep_len( ssl );
@@ -5667,6 +5707,7 @@
  * Therefore, it is possible that the input message length is 0 and the
  * corresponding return code is 0 on success.
  */
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_write_real( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl,
                            const unsigned char *buf, size_t len )
 {
@@ -5738,6 +5779,7 @@
  * remember whether we already did the split or not.
  */
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_CBC_RECORD_SPLITTING)
+MBEDTLS_CHECK_RETURN_CRITICAL
 static int ssl_write_split( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl,
                             const unsigned char *buf, size_t len )
 {