Free peer's public key as soon as it's no longer needed
On constrained devices, this saves a significant amount of RAM that
might be needed for subsequent expensive operations like ECDHE.
@@ -2331,6 +2331,10 @@ static int ssl_write_encrypted_pms( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl,
}
#endif
+#if !defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_KEEP_PEER_CERTIFICATE)
+ /* We don't need the peer's public key anymore. Free it. */
+ mbedtls_pk_free( peer_pk );
+#endif /* !MBEDTLS_SSL_KEEP_PEER_CERTIFICATE */
return( 0 );
}
#endif /* MBEDTLS_KEY_EXCHANGE_RSA_ENABLED ||
@@ -2440,6 +2444,13 @@ static int ssl_get_ecdh_params_from_cert( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_BAD_HS_CERTIFICATE );
}
+#if !defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_KEEP_PEER_CERTIFICATE)
+ /* We don't need the peer's public key anymore. Free it,
+ * so that more RAM is available for upcoming expensive
+ * operations like ECDHE. */
+ mbedtls_pk_free( peer_pk );
+#endif /* !MBEDTLS_SSL_KEEP_PEER_CERTIFICATE */
+
return( ret );
}
#endif /* MBEDTLS_KEY_EXCHANGE_ECDH_RSA_ENABLED) ||
@@ -2796,6 +2807,13 @@ start_processing:
#endif
return( ret );
}
+
+#if !defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_KEEP_PEER_CERTIFICATE)
+ /* We don't need the peer's public key anymore. Free it,
+ * so that more RAM is available for upcoming expensive
+ * operations like ECDHE. */
+ mbedtls_pk_free( peer_pk );
+#endif /* !MBEDTLS_SSL_KEEP_PEER_CERTIFICATE */
}
#endif /* MBEDTLS_KEY_EXCHANGE__WITH_SERVER_SIGNATURE__ENABLED */
