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diff --git a/ext/openssl/ossl_asn1.c b/ext/openssl/ossl_asn1.c
index 69c736c160..c6f18479d7 100644
--- a/ext/openssl/ossl_asn1.c
+++ b/ext/openssl/ossl_asn1.c
@@ -1260,6 +1260,8 @@ ossl_asn1cons_to_der(VALUE self)
}
}
else {
+ if (CLASS_OF(self) == cASN1Constructive)
+ ossl_raise(eASN1Error, "Constructive shall only be used with infinite length");
tag = ossl_asn1_default_tag(self);
}
explicit = ossl_asn1_is_explicit(self);
@@ -1809,6 +1811,10 @@ Init_ossl_asn1()
* array of the outer infinite length value must end with a
* OpenSSL::ASN1::EndOfContent instance.
*
+ * Please note that it is not possible to encode Constructive without
+ * the +infinite_length+ attribute being set to +true+, use
+ * OpenSSL::ASN1::Sequence or OpenSSL::ASN1::Set in these cases instead.
+ *
* === Example - Infinite length OCTET STRING
* partial1 = OpenSSL::ASN1::OctetString.new("\x01")
* partial2 = OpenSSL::ASN1::OctetString.new("\x02")