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-rw-r--r--crypto/ec/ec_key.c10
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diff --git a/crypto/ec/ec_key.c b/crypto/ec/ec_key.c
index 0ae1c3f367..1bbca360e2 100644
--- a/crypto/ec/ec_key.c
+++ b/crypto/ec/ec_key.c
@@ -721,6 +721,16 @@ int EC_KEY_set_private_key(EC_KEY *key, const BIGNUM *priv_key)
return 0;
/*
+ * Return `0` to comply with legacy behavior for this function, see
+ * https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues/18744#issuecomment-1195175696
+ */
+ if (priv_key == NULL) {
+ BN_clear_free(key->priv_key);
+ key->priv_key = NULL;
+ return 0; /* intentional for legacy compatibility */
+ }
+
+ /*
* We should never leak the bit length of the secret scalar in the key,
* so we always set the `BN_FLG_CONSTTIME` flag on the internal `BIGNUM`
* holding the secret scalar.