1 files changed, 6 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_cmp.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_cmp.c
index b147d573d2..3f9f9b3d47 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_cmp.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_cmp.c
@@ -199,19 +199,13 @@ unsigned long X509_NAME_hash(X509_NAME *x)
         {
         unsigned long ret=0;
         unsigned char md[16];
-        unsigned char str[256],*p,*pp;
-        int i;
-
-        i=i2d_X509_NAME(x,NULL);
-        if (i > sizeof(str))
-                p=OPENSSL_malloc(i);
-        else
-                p=str;
 
-        pp=p;
-        i2d_X509_NAME(x,&pp);
-        MD5((unsigned char *)p,i,&(md[0]));
-        if (p != str) OPENSSL_free(p);
+        /* Ensure cached version is up to date */
+        i2d_X509_NAME(x,NULL);
+        /* Use cached encoding directly rather than copying: this should
+         * keep libsafe happy.
+         */
+        MD5((unsigned char *)x->bytes->data,x->bytes->length,&(md[0]));
 
         ret=(   ((unsigned long)md[0]     )|((unsigned long)md[1]<<8L)|
                 ((unsigned long)md[2]<<16L)|((unsigned long)md[3]<<24L)