Commit 8a072a3dab for openssl.org

commit 8a072a3dabe4df116460f8910735569df321b97b
Author: Neil Horman <nhorman@openssl.org>
Date:   Fri Jun 26 11:17:09 2026 -0400

    use evp_asym_cipher_free in evp_asym_cipher_from_algorithm

    evp_asym_cipher_from_algorithm, in its error path frees the allocated
    cipher with EVP_ASM_CIPHER_free, but thats a no-op now, and we actually want to
    free it to avoid leaks, so we should use evp_asym_cipher_free (the internal
    function that acutally does free the alg) instead.

    Fixes https://scan5.scan.coverity.com/#/project-view/60762/10222?selectedIssue=1695449

    Reviewed-by: Saša Nedvědický <sashan@openssl.org>
    Reviewed-by: Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr@openssl.org>
    Reviewed-by: Norbert Pocs <norbertp@openssl.org>
    MergeDate: Wed Jul  1 15:32:25 2026
    (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/31748)

diff --git a/crypto/evp/asymcipher.c b/crypto/evp/asymcipher.c
index 78dbb7e2f5..c449848ae0 100644
--- a/crypto/evp/asymcipher.c
+++ b/crypto/evp/asymcipher.c
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ static void *evp_asym_cipher_from_algorithm(int name_id,

     return cipher;
 err:
-    EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_free(cipher);
+    evp_asym_cipher_free(cipher);
     return NULL;
 }