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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/crypto/openssl/doc/man3/RSA_padding_add_PKCS1_type_1.pod b/crypto/openssl/doc/man3/RSA_padding_add_PKCS1_type_1.pod
index 20926003d876a..d0d42ce265955 100644
--- a/crypto/openssl/doc/man3/RSA_padding_add_PKCS1_type_1.pod
+++ b/crypto/openssl/doc/man3/RSA_padding_add_PKCS1_type_1.pod
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ simply copy the data
The random number generator must be seeded prior to calling
RSA_padding_add_xxx().
+If the automatic seeding or reseeding of the OpenSSL CSPRNG fails due to
+external circumstances (see L<RAND(7)>), the operation will fail.
RSA_padding_check_xxx() verifies that the B<fl> bytes at B<f> contain
a valid encoding for a B<rsa_len> byte RSA key in the respective
@@ -121,7 +123,7 @@ The RSA_padding_check_xxx() functions return the length of the
recovered data, -1 on error. Error codes can be obtained by calling
L<ERR_get_error(3)>.
-=head1 WARNING
+=head1 WARNINGS
The result of RSA_padding_check_PKCS1_type_2() is a very sensitive
information which can potentially be used to mount a Bleichenbacher
@@ -143,7 +145,8 @@ including PKCS1_OAEP.
L<RSA_public_encrypt(3)>,
L<RSA_private_decrypt(3)>,
-L<RSA_sign(3)>, L<RSA_verify(3)>
+L<RSA_sign(3)>, L<RSA_verify(3)>,
+L<RAND(7)>
=head1 COPYRIGHT