Use simpler (if a bit weird) dup instead of new + copy

ok jsing

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/ec/ecp_methods.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/ec/ecp_methods.c
index 62966e14d6..8bcff77d0a 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/ec/ecp_methods.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/ec/ecp_methods.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: ecp_methods.c,v 1.40 2025/01/22 09:56:58 jsing Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: ecp_methods.c,v 1.41 2025/01/22 12:54:40 tb Exp $ */
 /* Includes code written by Lenka Fibikova <fibikova@exp-math.uni-essen.de>
  * for the OpenSSL project.
  * Includes code written by Bodo Moeller for the OpenSSL project.
@@ -1020,10 +1020,7 @@ ec_mul_ct(const EC_GROUP *group, EC_POINT *r, const BIGNUM *scalar,
 
         BN_CTX_start(ctx);
 
-        if ((s = EC_POINT_new(group)) == NULL)
-                goto err;
-
-        if (!EC_POINT_copy(s, point))
+        if ((s = EC_POINT_dup(point, group)) == NULL)
                 goto err;
 
         EC_POINT_BN_set_flags(s, BN_FLG_CONSTTIME);