diff -up openssl-1.0.1e/crypto/ec/ec_asn1.c.use-after-free openssl-1.0.1e/crypto/ec/ec_asn1.c

--- openssl-1.0.1e/crypto/ec/ec_asn1.c.use-after-free	2015-03-18 13:13:30.221429895 +0100

+++ openssl-1.0.1e/crypto/ec/ec_asn1.c	2015-03-18 13:22:45.165361144 +0100

@@ -1140,8 +1140,6 @@ EC_KEY *d2i_ECPrivateKey(EC_KEY **a, con

                                  ERR_R_MALLOC_FAILURE);

 			goto err;

 			}

-		if (a)

-			*a = ret;

 		}

 	else

 		ret = *a;

@@ -1206,11 +1204,13 @@ EC_KEY *d2i_ECPrivateKey(EC_KEY **a, con

 			}

 		}

+	if (a)

+		*a = ret;

 	ok = 1;

 err:

 	if (!ok)

 		{

-		if (ret)

+		if (ret && (a == NULL || *a != ret))

 			EC_KEY_free(ret);

 		ret = NULL;

 		}