frodo-kem: fix OpenSSL EVP contexts memory leak#260
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EVP_CIPHER_CTX and EVP_MD_CTX objects allocated during matrix generation are never freed, leaking memory on every keygen, encapsulation, and decapsulation.
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When using OpenSSL, objects allocated during matrix generation are never freed, leaking memory on every keygen, encapsulation, and decapsulation.
Can verify the memory leak (on macOS) using:
With output: