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EVP_PKEY_DECRYPT(3ossl) OpenSSL EVP_PKEY_DECRYPT(3ossl)
NAME
EVP_PKEY_decrypt_init, EVP_PKEY_decrypt_init_ex, EVP_PKEY_decrypt -
decrypt using a public key algorithm
SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/evp.h>
int EVP_PKEY_decrypt_init(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx);
int EVP_PKEY_decrypt_init_ex(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx, const OSSL_PARAM params[]);
int EVP_PKEY_decrypt(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx,
unsigned char *out, size_t *outlen,
const unsigned char *in, size_t inlen);
DESCRIPTION
The EVP_PKEY_decrypt_init() function initializes a public key algorithm
context using key pkey for a decryption operation.
The EVP_PKEY_decrypt_init_ex() function initializes a public key
algorithm context using key pkey for a decryption operation and sets
the algorithm specific params.
The EVP_PKEY_decrypt() function performs a public key decryption
operation using ctx. The data to be decrypted is specified using the in
and inlen parameters. If out is NULL then the minimum required size of
the output buffer is written to the *outlen parameter.
If out is not NULL then before the call the *outlen parameter must
contain the length of the out buffer. If the call is successful the
decrypted data is written to out and the amount of the decrypted data
written to *outlen, otherwise an error is returned.
NOTES
After the call to EVP_PKEY_decrypt_init() algorithm specific control
operations can be performed to set any appropriate parameters for the
operation. These operations can be included in the
EVP_PKEY_decrypt_init_ex() call.
The function EVP_PKEY_decrypt() can be called more than once on the
same context if several operations are performed using the same
parameters.
RETURN VALUES
EVP_PKEY_decrypt_init(), EVP_PKEY_decrypt_init_ex() and
EVP_PKEY_decrypt() return 1 for success and 0 or a negative value for
failure. In particular a return value of -2 indicates the operation is
not supported by the public key algorithm.
EXAMPLES
Decrypt data using OAEP (for RSA keys):
#include <openssl/evp.h>
#include <openssl/rsa.h>
EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx;
ENGINE *eng;
unsigned char *out, *in;
ctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(key, eng);
if (!ctx)
/* Error occurred */
if (EVP_PKEY_decrypt_init(ctx) <= 0)
/* Error */
if (EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_rsa_padding(ctx, RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING) <= 0)
/* Error */
/* Determine buffer length */
if (EVP_PKEY_decrypt(ctx, NULL, &outlen, in, inlen) <= 0)
/* Error */
out = OPENSSL_malloc(outlen);
if (!out)
/* malloc failure */
if (EVP_PKEY_decrypt(ctx, out, &outlen, in, inlen) <= 0)
/* Error */
/* Decrypted data is outlen bytes written to buffer out */
SEE ALSO
EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(3), EVP_PKEY_encrypt(3), EVP_PKEY_sign(3),
EVP_PKEY_verify(3), EVP_PKEY_verify_recover(3), EVP_PKEY_derive(3)
HISTORY
These functions were added in OpenSSL 1.0.0.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2006-2022 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
3.0.11 2023-09-19 EVP_PKEY_DECRYPT(3ossl)