diff -up openssl-1.1.1b/crypto/conf/conf_lib.c.regression openssl-1.1.1b/crypto/conf/conf_lib.c

--- openssl-1.1.1b/crypto/conf/conf_lib.c.regression	2019-02-26 15:15:30.000000000 +0100

+++ openssl-1.1.1b/crypto/conf/conf_lib.c	2019-05-10 14:28:57.718049429 +0200

@@ -356,8 +356,10 @@ OPENSSL_INIT_SETTINGS *OPENSSL_INIT_new(

 {

     OPENSSL_INIT_SETTINGS *ret = malloc(sizeof(*ret));

-    if (ret != NULL)

-        memset(ret, 0, sizeof(*ret));

+    if (ret == NULL)

+        return NULL;

+

+    memset(ret, 0, sizeof(*ret));

     ret->flags = DEFAULT_CONF_MFLAGS;

     return ret;