int BN_hex2bn(BIGNUM **bn, const char *a)
{
    BIGNUM *ret = NULL;
    BN_ULONG l = 0;
    int neg = 0, h, m, i, j, k, c;
    int num;

    if ((a == NULL) || (*a == '\0'))
        return (0);

    if (*a == '-') {
        neg = 1;
        a++;
    }

    for (i = 0; i <= (INT_MAX/4) && isxdigit((unsigned char)a[i]); i++)
        continue;

    if (i == 0 || i > INT_MAX/4)
        goto err;

    num = i + neg;
    if (bn == NULL)
        return (num);

    /* a is the start of the hex digits, and it is 'i' long */
    if (*bn == NULL) {
        if ((ret = BN_new()) == NULL)
            return (0);
    } else {
        ret = *bn;
        BN_zero(ret);
    }

    /* i is the number of hex digits */
    if (bn_expand(ret, i * 4) == NULL)
        goto err;

    j = i;                      /* least significant 'hex' */
    m = 0;
    h = 0;
    while (j > 0) {
        m = ((BN_BYTES * 2) <= j) ? (BN_BYTES * 2) : j;
        l = 0;
        for (;;) {
            c = a[j - m];
            k = OPENSSL_hexchar2int(c);
            if (k < 0)
                k = 0;          /* paranoia */
            l = (l << 4) | k;

            if (--m <= 0) {
                ret->d[h++] = l;
                break;
            }
        }
        j -= (BN_BYTES * 2);
    }
    ret->top = h;
    bn_correct_top(ret);

    *bn = ret;
    bn_check_top(ret);
    /* Don't set the negative flag if it's zero. */
    if (ret->top != 0)
        ret->neg = neg;
    return (num);
 err:
    if (*bn == NULL)
        BN_free(ret);
    return (0);
}