X509_CRL_GET0_BY_SERIAL(3ossl)

📦 version 3.5.0, in opensuse-leap 16.0

💅 X509_CRL_GET0_BY_SERIAL 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the 3ossl girlies club 💖 this is the manual page for X509_CRL_GET0_BY_SERIAL(3ossl) — aka your whole CRL revoked-entry toolkit. it's giving "I need to know who got kicked out and when" energy. let's go 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

X509_CRL_get0_by_serial, X509_CRL_get0_by_cert, X509_CRL_get_REVOKED, X509_REVOKED_get0_serialNumber, X509_REVOKED_get0_revocationDate, X509_REVOKED_set_serialNumber, X509_REVOKED_set_revocationDate, X509_CRL_add0_revoked, X509_CRL_sort — literally the CRL revoked entry utility functions 🔥

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <openssl/x509.h>

int X509_CRL_get0_by_serial(X509_CRL *crl,
                            X509_REVOKED **ret, const ASN1_INTEGER *serial);
int X509_CRL_get0_by_cert(X509_CRL *crl, X509_REVOKED **ret, X509 *x);

STACK_OF(X509_REVOKED) *X509_CRL_get_REVOKED(X509_CRL *crl);

const ASN1_INTEGER *X509_REVOKED_get0_serialNumber(const X509_REVOKED *r);
const ASN1_TIME *X509_REVOKED_get0_revocationDate(const X509_REVOKED *r);

int X509_REVOKED_set_serialNumber(X509_REVOKED *r, ASN1_INTEGER *serial);
int X509_REVOKED_set_revocationDate(X509_REVOKED *r, ASN1_TIME *tm);

int X509_CRL_add0_revoked(X509_CRL *crl, X509_REVOKED *rev);

int X509_CRL_sort(X509_CRL *crl);

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

  • X509_CRL_get0_by_serial() — attempts to find a revoked entry in crl for the serial number serial. if it slays (successful), it sets *ret to the internal pointer of the matching entry. and because it's internal, *ret MUST NOT be freed after the call 🙈 like do not touch, do not free, hands off, periodt.
  • X509_CRL_get0_by_cert() — similar to X509_get0_by_serial() except it looks for a revoked entry using the serial number of certificate x. same vibe, different lookup key 💫
  • X509_CRL_get_REVOKED() — returns an internal pointer to a STACK of all revoked entries for crl. it's giving the whole naughty list 👑
  • X509_REVOKED_get0_serialNumber() — returns an internal pointer to the serial number of r.
  • X509_REVOKED_get0_revocationDate() — returns an internal pointer to the revocation date of r. when did they get the boot 🥾
  • X509_REVOKED_set_serialNumber() — sets the serial number of r to serial. heads up: the supplied serial pointer is not used internally, so you should free it after use. cleanup era 🧹
  • X509_REVOKED_set_revocationDate() — sets the revocation date of r to tm. same deal: the supplied tm pointer is not used internally, so free it after use.
  • X509_CRL_add0_revoked() — appends revoked entry rev to CRL crl. the pointer rev is used internally, so it MUST NOT be freed after the call — it gets freed when the parent CRL is freed. the CRL is its mom now, it lives there 🫶
  • X509_CRL_sort() — sorts the revoked entries of crl into ascending serial number order. tidy queen behavior ✨

🦋 NOTES 🦋

applications can determine the number of revoked entries returned by X509_CRL_get_REVOKED() using sk_X509_REVOKED_num() and examine each one in turn using sk_X509_REVOKED_value(). lowkey a whole little iteration era, iykyk 🌈

⭐ RETURN VALUES ⭐

  • X509_CRL_get0_by_serial() and X509_CRL_get0_by_cert() return 0 for failure, 1 on success — except if the revoked entry has the reason "removeFromCRL" (8), in which case 2 is returned. yes bestie, 2 is a real return value here, not a typo, trust 💀
  • X509_CRL_get_REVOKED() returns a STACK of revoked entries.
  • X509_REVOKED_get0_serialNumber() returns an ASN1_INTEGER structure.
  • X509_REVOKED_get0_revocationDate() returns an ASN1_TIME structure.
  • X509_REVOKED_set_serialNumber(), X509_REVOKED_set_revocationDate(), X509_CRL_add0_revoked() and X509_CRL_sort() return 1 for success and 0 for failure.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

d2i_X509(3), ERR_get_error(3), X509_get0_signature(3), X509_get_ext_d2i(3), X509_get_extension_flags(3), X509_get_pubkey(3), X509_get_subject_name(3), X509_get_version(3), X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(3), X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_object(3), X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID(3), X509_NAME_print_ex(3), X509_new(3), X509_sign(3), X509V3_get_d2i(3), X509_verify_cert(3)

Copyright 2015-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

and that's the whole page, bestie 🍓 this was 3.5.0, dated 2026-09-25 — shoutout to the OpenSSL girlies for keeping the CRLs cute and the pointers internal. mwah 💜🧚

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