1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/a_sign.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/a_sign.c
index 1081950518..4dee45fbb8 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/a_sign.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/a_sign.c
@@ -267,7 +267,12 @@ int ASN1_item_sign(const ASN1_ITEM *it, X509_ALGOR *algor1, X509_ALGOR *algor2,
                 goto err;
                 }
 
-        EVP_SignInit_ex(&ctx,type, NULL);
+        if (!EVP_SignInit_ex(&ctx,type, NULL))
+                {
+                outl=0;
+                ASN1err(ASN1_F_ASN1_ITEM_SIGN,ERR_R_EVP_LIB);
+                goto err;
+                }
         EVP_SignUpdate(&ctx,(unsigned char *)buf_in,inl);
         if (!EVP_SignFinal(&ctx,(unsigned char *)buf_out,
                         (unsigned int *)&outl,pkey))