1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/a_bitstr.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/a_bitstr.c
index 52fe0eb9cd..aa854f1d7a 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/a_bitstr.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/a_bitstr.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: a_bitstr.c,v 1.34 2022/04/23 18:56:54 jsing Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: a_bitstr.c,v 1.35 2022/04/26 20:00:18 jsing Exp $ */
 /* Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com)
  * All rights reserved.
  *
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ i2c_ASN1_BIT_STRING(ASN1_BIT_STRING *a, unsigned char **pp)
         return (ret);
 }
 
-static int
+int
 c2i_ASN1_BIT_STRING_cbs(ASN1_BIT_STRING **out_abs, CBS *cbs)
 {
         ASN1_BIT_STRING *abs = NULL;
@@ -300,9 +300,14 @@ c2i_ASN1_BIT_STRING_cbs(ASN1_BIT_STRING **out_abs, CBS *cbs)
         uint8_t unused_bits;
         int ret = 0;
 
-        if (out_abs == NULL || *out_abs != NULL)
+        if (out_abs == NULL)
                 goto err;
 
+        if (*out_abs != NULL) {
+                ASN1_BIT_STRING_free(*out_abs);
+                *out_abs = NULL;
+        }
+
         if (!CBS_get_u8(cbs, &unused_bits)) {
                 ASN1error(ASN1_R_STRING_TOO_SHORT);
                 goto err;