static int ssl_parse_hello_verify_request( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
{
    const unsigned char *p = ssl->in_msg + mbedtls_ssl_hs_hdr_len( ssl );
    int major_ver, minor_ver;
    unsigned char cookie_len;

    MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 2, ( "=> parse hello verify request" ) );

    /*
     * struct {
     *   ProtocolVersion server_version;
     *   opaque cookie<0..2^8-1>;
     * } HelloVerifyRequest;
     */
    MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_BUF( 3, "server version", p, 2 );
    mbedtls_ssl_read_version( &major_ver, &minor_ver, ssl->conf->transport, p );
    p += 2;

    /*
     * Since the RFC is not clear on this point, accept DTLS 1.0 (TLS 1.1)
     * even is lower than our min version.
     */
    if( major_ver < MBEDTLS_SSL_MAJOR_VERSION_3 ||
        minor_ver < MBEDTLS_SSL_MINOR_VERSION_2 ||
        major_ver > ssl->conf->max_major_ver  ||
        minor_ver > ssl->conf->max_minor_ver  )
    {
        MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 1, ( "bad server version" ) );

        mbedtls_ssl_send_alert_message( ssl, MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_LEVEL_FATAL,
                                     MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_PROTOCOL_VERSION );

        return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_BAD_HS_PROTOCOL_VERSION );
    }

    cookie_len = *p++;
    MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_BUF( 3, "cookie", p, cookie_len );

    if( ( ssl->in_msg + ssl->in_msglen ) - p < cookie_len )
    {
        MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 1,
            ( "cookie length does not match incoming message size" ) );
        mbedtls_ssl_send_alert_message( ssl, MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_LEVEL_FATAL,
                                    MBEDTLS_SSL_ALERT_MSG_DECODE_ERROR );
        return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_BAD_HS_SERVER_HELLO );
    }

    mbedtls_free( ssl->handshake->verify_cookie );

    ssl->handshake->verify_cookie = mbedtls_calloc( 1, cookie_len );
    if( ssl->handshake->verify_cookie  == NULL )
    {
        MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 1, ( "alloc failed (%d bytes)", cookie_len ) );
        return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_ALLOC_FAILED );
    }

    memcpy( ssl->handshake->verify_cookie, p, cookie_len );
    ssl->handshake->verify_cookie_len = cookie_len;

    /* Start over at ClientHello */
    ssl->state = MBEDTLS_SSL_CLIENT_HELLO;
    mbedtls_ssl_reset_checksum( ssl );

    mbedtls_ssl_recv_flight_completed( ssl );

    MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 2, ( "<= parse hello verify request" ) );

    return( 0 );
}

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