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PEM_BYTES_READ_BIO(3ossl) OpenSSL PEM_BYTES_READ_BIO(3ossl)
NAME
PEM_bytes_read_bio, PEM_bytes_read_bio_secmem - read a PEM-encoded data
structure from a BIO
SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/pem.h>
int PEM_bytes_read_bio(unsigned char **pdata, long *plen, char **pnm,
const char *name, BIO *bp, pem_password_cb *cb,
void *u);
int PEM_bytes_read_bio_secmem(unsigned char **pdata, long *plen, char **pnm,
const char *name, BIO *bp, pem_password_cb *cb,
void *u);
DESCRIPTION
PEM_bytes_read_bio() reads PEM-formatted (IETF RFC 1421 and IETF RFC
7468) data from the BIO bp for the data type given in name (RSA PRIVATE
KEY, CERTIFICATE, etc.). If multiple PEM-encoded data structures are
present in the same stream, PEM_bytes_read_bio() will skip non-matching
data types and continue reading. Non-PEM data present in the stream
may cause an error.
The PEM header may indicate that the following data is encrypted; if
so, the data will be decrypted, waiting on user input to supply a
passphrase if needed. The password callback cb and rock u are used to
obtain the decryption passphrase, if applicable.
Some data types have compatibility aliases, such as a file containing
X509 CERTIFICATE matching a request for the deprecated type
CERTIFICATE. The actual type indicated by the file is returned in *pnm
if pnm is non-NULL. The caller must free the storage pointed to by
*pnm.
The returned data is the DER-encoded form of the requested type, in
*pdata with length *plen. The caller must free the storage pointed to
by *pdata.
PEM_bytes_read_bio_secmem() is similar to PEM_bytes_read_bio(), but
uses memory from the secure heap for its temporary buffers and the
storage returned in *pdata and *pnm. Accordingly, the caller must use
OPENSSL_secure_free() to free that storage.
NOTES
PEM_bytes_read_bio_secmem() only enforces that the secure heap is used
for storage allocated within the PEM processing stack. The BIO stack
from which input is read may also use temporary buffers, which are not
necessarily allocated from the secure heap. In cases where it is
desirable to ensure that the contents of the PEM file only appears in
memory from the secure heap, care is needed in generating the BIO
passed as bp. In particular, the use of BIO_s_file() indicates the use
of the operating system stdio functionality, which includes buffering
as a feature; BIO_s_fd() is likely to be more appropriate in such
cases.
These functions make no assumption regarding the pass phrase received
from the password callback. It will simply be treated as a byte
PEM_read_bio_ex(3), passphrase-encoding(7)
HISTORY
PEM_bytes_read_bio_secmem() was introduced in OpenSSL 1.1.1
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2017-2018 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 PEM_BYTES_READ_BIO(3ossl)