What's Changed

• Add post fix version by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2935
• Fix reachable OOB read in M68KInstPrinter.c and RISCVMapping.c (GHSA-jrw4-wj52-2vw8).
• Fix invalid decoding for malformed br_table instruction in WASM (GHSA-5m9f-vqcm-g5pr).

Full Changelog: https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/compare/6.0.0-Alpha8...6.0.0-Alpha9

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What's Changed

• wasm: add missing error check in read_memoryimmediate() by @Oblivionsage in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2866
• Extend M680X support to RS08 by @historicattle in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2872
• Python binding: Removing xprint utility used in the tests in v6 branch by @Antelox in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2874
• Introduce a +noaliascompressed option to selectively enable none-aliasing for compressed instrcution only but leave aliasing for the rest of instructions by @moste00 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2869
• riscv: remove extra RISCV_INS_INVALID by @12101111 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2876
• update clang-format to 20 by @b1llow in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2883
• cs_disasm_iter: return early on zero-size input by @slate5 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2886
• Fix stale values in the detail struct by @slate5 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2881
• Add dependabot.yml by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2884
• x86: correctly handle XACQUIRE/XRELEASE by @jxors in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2882
• fix: avoid strnlen() in cs_strndup for Mac OS X 10.5 portability by @Scottcjn in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2889
• Fix RISCV aliases by @slate5 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2891
• Document the test boolean values. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2892
• x86: simplify REX prefix parsing by @jxors in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2885
• Fix sysreg registers in RISC-V and modify the header patcher to not crash if a header doesn't include all tags of a generated .inc file by @moste00 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2894
• RISC-V: add reg_access and test its usages in C and Python by @moste00 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2895
• RISCV: Fix operand detection (REAL/ALIAS) by @slate5 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2897
• Coverity fixes by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2901
• Update m68k by @b1llow in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2880
• Fix position of comments to not break const_generator.py by @historicattle in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2906
• Extend M680X support to HCS12X by @historicattle in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2898
• next: Speedup x86 decoding with the help of LUT tables by @trufae in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2908
• Implements load libcapstone.so with RTLD_DEEPBIND #2912 by @AGhebrea in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2913
• Replace cmake setup with manual steps to reduce dependencies. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2916
• Python: use setattr to rewire Cs.disasm to avoid type checking errors by @mrexodia in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2915
• Handle SStream overflow by truncating appends by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2921
• RISCV: the Ventana vendor is missing in the API by @slate5 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2917
• Fix UB of shift >63. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2922
• Add M68K ColdFire ISA support by @b1llow in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2927
• Fix AArch64 register-offset load/store memory operand access (#2802) by @DanielBotnik in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2929
• x86: Decode MOVSXD r32, r/m32 and MOVSXD r16, r/m16 by @0xradulf in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2930

New Contributors

• @Oblivionsage made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2866
• @historicattle made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2872
• @12101111 made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2876
• @slate5 made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2886
• @Scottcjn made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2889
• @AGhebrea made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2913
• @DanielBotnik made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2929
• @0xradulf made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2930

Full Changelog: https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/compare/6.0.0-Alpha7...6.0.0-Alpha8

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What's Changed

• Refactoring the RISCV architecture to Auto-Sync on LLVM by @moste00 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2756
• Added RISCV v6 release notes by @moste00 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2846
• Package build workflow fix by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2849
• Ignore ES/CS/SS/DS segment overrides in x64 mode by @jxors in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2819
• RISCV: Details: Fix ret groups by @moste00 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2859
• RISCV: Fix spurious return groups for JALR instructions using ra as a source for indirect jumps. by @moste00 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2860
• x86: fix decoding of mandatory prefixes by @jxors in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2856
• Fix unchecked allocations by @Grond66 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2844
• Convert all README's to markdown files. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2863
• Fix 32bit build by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2796

New Contributors

• @jxors made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2819
• @Grond66 made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2844

Full Changelog: https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/compare/6.0.0-Alpha6...gen-changelog

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What's Changed

• Update register semantics for x86 pop instructions by @hainest in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2770
• Python binding: Support 3.14 free-threaded CPython build by @Antelox in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2769
• Only publish if tag is present and workflow is triggered by release. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2766
• Add Python prominently to the workflow name to prevent confusion. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2774
• Fix incorrectly defined BSHUFFLE opcode. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2772
• Fix cstest missing size checks by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2775
• Update read/written registers for x86 call instructions by @hainest in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2773
• Apply other VIS instruction fixes from llvm/#130967 by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2777
• Fix regex match syntax for project version by @Zangetsu38 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2779
• Add workflow to check for C code formatting and format all code with clang-format-17 by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2744
• Fix log message in cstest_py/compare.compare_bit_flags by @hainest in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2783
• DIET MSVC C1001 Fix by @LADIlib in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2782
• Update read/written registers for x86 interrupt instructions by @hainest in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2781
• Update read/written registers for x87 comparison instructions by @hainest in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2784
• Update read/written registers for x86 enter/leave instructions by @hainest in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2788
• Update read/written registers for x86 procedure return instructions by @hainest in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2789
• Add instruction details to cstest logging by @hainest in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2787
• Update read/written registers for x86 interrupt return instructions by @hainest in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2793
• Remove unused fuzzit.sh script and key. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2797
• Fix assertions if CAPSTONE_ASSERTION_WARNINGS=1. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2792
• Update read/written registers for x86 string instructions by @hainest in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2790
• Update read/written registers for x86 conditional jump instructions by @hainest in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2798
• Minor formatting changes by @moste00 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2804
• Fix cstest_py and add negative tests. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2807
• Add null check for Xtensa operation detail in Xtensa_add_cs_detail_0 by @b1llow in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2809
• Update read/written registers for x86 loop instructions by @hainest in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2799
• Update read/written registers for x86 unconditional jump instructions by @hainest in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2800
• Bump to latest MacOS runner. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2812
• Fix SH decode table being exported globally by @stuxnot in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2814
• Doc fixups by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2754
• Add better support for cross builds. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2803
• Update read/written registers for x86 system call instructions by @hainest in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2820
• Fix possible OOB read by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2825
• Update read/written registers for x86 cmpxchg instruction by @hainest in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2821
• Apply clang-format-17 to test_poc.c by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2833
• Add missing apt-get update before installing dependencies. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2832
• Return for failing range asserts to enforce the assumptions. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2829
• [alpha] Fix immediate to be 64bit wide by @wargio in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2840
• Build static libs with PIC by @hainest in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2836
• M68K: fix displacement, register naming and suppressed registers by @csoren in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2839
• X86: Fix movabsq immediates >= 2^63 printed as decimal in ATT syntax by @0verflowme in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2843
• M68K: add displacement size fields to disassembler by @csoren in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2842
• fix: use uintptr_t to maintain pointer provenance by @kingiler in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2845

New Contributors

• @Zangetsu38 made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2779
• @LADIlib made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2782
• @moste00 made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2804
• @stuxnot made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2814
• @csoren made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2839
• @0verflowme made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2843
• @kingiler made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2845

Full Changelog: https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/compare/6.0.0-Alpha5...6.0.0-Alpha6

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What's Changed

• Apple AArch64 proprietary by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2692
• Add jump group for generic jirl by @jiegec in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2698
• LoongArch: Compute absolute address for address operand by @jiegec in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2699
• Fix LoongArch ld/st instructions register info by @jiegec in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2701
• ARM: fix typo, cspr -> cpsr by @jiegec in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2716
• Fix arm pop reg access by @jiegec in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2718
• Fix missing sp register read in ret instruction by @jiegec in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2719
• Fix missing operand for smstart, due to space replaced by tab by @jiegec in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2720
• Add flag for the SoftFail case of the LLVM disassembler. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2707
• Remove unused files. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2709
• clang-format: change license to BSD-3-Clause by @tmfink in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2724
• Use cs_ac_type for operand access mode in all arches and use cs_xtensa_op_type for Xtensa operand type by @jiegec in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2721
• Make SStream respect the CS_OPT_UNSIGNED flag. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2723
• Make assertion hit warnings optional in release builds. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2729
• Update source list before installing valgrind. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2730
• Add x30 implicit read to the RET alias. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2739
• Print immediate only memory operands for AArch64. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2732
• Add warning about naive search and replace to patch reg names. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2728
• Enable to generate legacy MC tests for the fuzzer. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2733
• Auto-Sync update Sparc LLVM-18 by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2704
• Python binding: Use ABI3 wheels by @Antelox in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2742
• Update Auto-Sync to Python 3.13 and tree-sitter-py 24.0 by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2705
• Fix for Risc-V C.SRLI decoding (issue #2731) by @h01G3r in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2745
• HPPA fix mem operands access and instruction printing by @R33v0LT in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2746
• Handle zero case of R1 operand field by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2743
• Fix comisd memory operand size: xmmword -> qword by @jiegec in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2750
• Fix missing repne for movsd op by @jiegec in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2752
• Explain more details about CC change. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2753
• Add a test for FCC conditions for none FPU instructions. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2758
• Print register access type and registers accessed in cstool_mips.c by @jiegec in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2762
• Fix duplication of memory operand by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2761
• Python binding: Windows ARM64 build by @Antelox in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2760
• Implement cs_regs_access for Alpha architecture by @jiegec in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2763
• Fix decoding of the FCC fields of FBPcc (format 2_3). by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2764

New Contributors

• @h01G3r made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2745

Full Changelog: https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/compare/6.0.0-Alpha4...6.0.0-Alpha5

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What's Changed

• Fix wrong version requirement of tricore instructions by @Changqing-JING in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2620
• Python bindings: Switch to ubuntu-24.04-arm runner image by @Antelox in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2625
• Build Tarball before DEB/RPM package. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2627
• Add aliases mapping for MIPS & test for id, alias_id by @wargio in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2635
• Add checks for MIPS details on cstest_py by @wargio in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2640
• Give the user some guidance where to add missing enumeration values. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2639
• Python bindings: sdist creation fix + relative test by @Antelox in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2624
• cmake: Fix building capstone as sub-project by @imphil in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2629
• Update operand type enums of all arch modules to the one in capstone.h by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2633
• Enhance shift value and types of shift instructions. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2638
• Fix #2643 by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2645
• Tms32c64x Little Endian by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2648
• Add call group to svc, smc and hvc. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2651
• Decode BH field in print_insn_detail_ppc by @hainest in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2662
• Remove undefined constants in riscv_const.py (#2660) by @Asphaltt in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2661
• Stringify BH fields when printing ppc details by @hainest in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2663
• MIPS: Fix MIPS16 decoding, wrong flags and ghost registers by @wargio in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2665
• Add a script to compare the inc file content with the lastest generated ones. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2667
• Mips32r6_64r632 is for both mips32r6 and mips64r6 by @wargio in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2673
• Fix nanoMIPS decoding of jalrc by @wargio in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2672
• Revert "Add a script to compare the inc file content with the lastest generated ones." by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2678
• Add workflow for building on Windows by @stevenjoezhang in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2675
• Update read/written registers for x87 comparison instructions by @hainest in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2680

New Contributors

• @imphil made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2629
• @Asphaltt made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2661
• @stevenjoezhang made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2675

Full Changelog: https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/compare/6.0.0-Alpha3...6.0.0-Alpha4

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Breaking Changes

• ARM64 was renamed to AArch64 everywhere (compatibility header is provided).
• SysZ was renamed to SystemZ everywhere (compatibility header is provided).
• Changes happened especially to the PPC, ARM and AArch64 API, as well as changes to enumeration values and stucts.

Please be sure to read the release guide carefully! You can find all the breaking changes and justifications for them!

What's New

• LoongArch, HPPA and Alpha support added.
• AArch64, SystemZ and Mips updated to LLVM 18.
• NanoMips extension added.
• ARM and PPC updated to LLVM 16.
• Exotic PPC PairedSingle extension added.
• Instruction formats for PPC, SystemZ and LoongArch added.
• Instruction alias support added.
• RISCV operand access information added.
• Testing was rewritten from scratch.
• All tests are run with the address sanitizer.
• Several improvements to the API of the ARM, AArch64 and PPC modules.

For an exhaustive list, see the release guide at https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/blob/next/docs/cs_v6_release_guide.md

What's Changed

• tricore: fix runtime errors of integer overflow by @imbillow in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2204
• [ARM] Add alias support by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2209
• [TriCore] Replace one- and sign-extend with MathExtra.h functions. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2212
• [ARM] Add RET group to pop instructions which write to the PC. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2216
• V6 release guide by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2124
• Fix broken disassembly of floating point immediates on big endian hosts by @huth in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2222
• Add Alpha architecture by @R33v0LT in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2071
• Ignore JetBrains based IDE data for clean PRs by @rickmark in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2224
• Add Big-endian mode for Alpha by @R33v0LT in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2227
• Fix typos in COMPILE_CMAKE.TXT by @kobykahane in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2229
• LIBDIRARCH does not propagate to Makefile by @YaSuenag in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2214
• Fix type punning in AArch64_AM_isSVEMaskOfIdenticalElements by @kazarmy in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2237
• Raise minimum requirement to VS2017 by @XVilka in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2228
• Update docs wit ASUpdater.py script by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2217
• Add autolabeler GitHub Action by @XVilka in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2239
• By default compile as universal2 for macOS by @rickmark in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2221
• Use union in AArch64_AM_isSVEMaskOfIdenticalElements type punning fix by @kazarmy in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2238
• Fix #2234. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2236
• Remove comment stating support for multiple clang-format versions by @kazarmy in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2242
• Fix label assignment for LLVM generated files. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2243
• Constify Alpha and TriCore by @rth7680 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2245
• Fix compilation with DIET + X86_REDUCE by @oleavr in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2248
• Fix warnings when building with CAPSTONE_DIET by @oleavr in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2249
• Fix MSVC warning overrides when using non-MSVC toolchains by @oleavr in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2250
• Add support for architecture registration by @oleavr in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2252
• auto-sync: Fix some tree-sitter queries by @kazarmy in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2255
• cstool: Fix ppc_br_hint comparison by @oleavr in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2254
• Fix crash on x86 when building with MSVC by @oleavr in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2253
• Fix regressions in custom memory allocator support by @oleavr in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2251
• Fix compilation with CAPSTONE_X86_REDUCE by @oleavr in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2256
• auto-sync BitCastStdArray.py: Transform to union instead by @kazarmy in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2257
• Make helper functions static to prevent multiple defintions. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2266
• Drop distutils in python binding by @Xeonacid in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2271
• Fix #2233 by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2267
• Fix OOB read and wries by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2273
• [AArch64] Fix incorrect alignment of labels. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2277
• Makefile: Improve Apple detection by @sevan in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2263
• [CMake] Architecture definition fix by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2272
• Add issue and PR templates by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2294
• Avoid random access values for operands in not-yet-specified instructions. by @mur47x111 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2259
• Remove repetitive words by @majorteach in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2297
• Add HPPA(PA-RISC) architecture by @R33v0LT in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2265
• Fix invalid comparison with HPPA_OP_INVALID by @R33v0LT in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2300
• HPPA dissassembler fix unitialized variables errors by @R33v0LT in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2309
• [Auto-Sync] LLVM 18 update by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2296
• chore: remove repetitive words by @careworry in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2326
• Fix cstool Makefile for non-C99-defaulting compilers by @thestr4ng3r in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2315
• check if decode[idx] is callable by @Ced2911 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2322
• Add eBPF bswap16/32/64 instruction by @chengshuyi in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2323
• Add a clang-tidy checks and warnings by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2312
• [next] Fix #2128 by adding missing mapping values. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2335
• Replace manually compile tree-sitter-cpp with their Python bindings. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2337
• [next] Fix #2079: Add missing 1 immediate to rcl by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2330
• fix typos by @RainRat in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2344
• Fix pkgconfig file to make #include <capstone/capstone.h> work by @ret2libc in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2307
• Rewrite str_replace using snprintf for security and fix clang-tidy by @jiegec in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2350
• [next] Fix #2244: Don't apply pseudo-instr. offset to vcmp id by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2331
• chore: fix typos by @xiaoxianBoy in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2328
• fix typos by @RainRat in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2346
• Replace non-standard 0b(...) literals by @thestr4ng3r in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2314
• README: Mention Alpha and HPPA by @XVilka in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2357
• Typo and tree-sitter init fix by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2358
• Apply #2360 to next by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2361
• Mapping - return NULL if compiled with DIET by @XVilka in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2370
• Fix Warning C4098: void returns value. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2362
• AArch64 compatibility header by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2321
• Remove python2 leftovers by @twizmwazin in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2378
• Restructure auto-sync docs to have them more contained by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2355
• Add test with ASAN enabled. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2313
• chore: fix some comments by @dufucun in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2379
• Use python3 as default interpreter for python scripts by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2390
• fix typos by @RainRat in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2387
• Revert "Remove python2 leftovers" by @kabeor in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2391
• Initial auto-sync LoongArch support by @jiegec in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2349
• Python2 leftovers v2 by @twizmwazin in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2395
• AArch64 update to LLVM 18 by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2298
• Add access support for RISC-V by @wxrdnx in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2393
• Constify three ARM and AArch64 variables by @rth7680 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2399
• Python/remove deprecated packaging by @twizmwazin in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2396
• [PPC] Fix #2401 - incorrect operands in disassembled instructions by @valdaarhun in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2403
• [next] Fix typo in AArch64 Python binding by @david942j in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2413
• Add release wheel build workflow for all Python versions by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2414
• [next] Fix unintended zero set in Sparc printInst by @david942j in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2421
• Fix CI fuzz job yml syntax by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2429
• chore: fix some comments by @luozexuan in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2432
• Add Coverity workflow by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2437
• [next] Updates and fixes to the Python wheel builder workflow by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2441
• Add back support for relocatable packages by @mrexodia in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2431
• Fix 'make check' for python tests by @hamarituc in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2439
• Update and add labels by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2446
• [next] Wheel build fixes: manylinux1, trigger upload on release, Linux AArch64... by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2444
• Use any-glob for labeler. Otherwise it is not checked recursively. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2450
• Modern Testing by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2456
• Some small fixes for capstone-next by @wargio in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2460
• Auto-Sync Mips by @wargio in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2410
• SystemZ Auto-Sync refactor by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2462
• Coverity defects by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2469
• [next] SH: Use bitwise OR with mask for sign extension by @lhsazevedo in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2389
• [next][SuperH] Fix missing setting detail->sh by @david942j in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2466
• Fix jumps and branches on a non-zero PC by @wargio in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2479
• Documentation updates by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2476
• ARM fixes by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2477
• AArch64 issues by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2473
• Replace assert with CS_ASSERT in modules by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2478
• Rename CS_OPT_NO_BRANCH_OFFSET and corresponding flag to better name. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2482
• Fix Coverity CID 509730: overflow before widen by @wargio in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2486
• Update sponsors and remove empty file. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2485
• Several small fixups by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2489
• Xtensa Support by @imbillow in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2380
• LDR offset by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2487
• SystemZ fixes by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2488
• Be ready for V6-Alpha1 by @kabeor in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2492

New Contributors

• @R33v0LT made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2071
• @rickmark made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2224
• @kobykahane made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2229
• @YaSuenag made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2214
• @Xeonacid made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2271
• @sevan made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2263
• @majorteach made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2297
• @careworry made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2326
• @thestr4ng3r made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2315
• @Ced2911 made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2322
• @chengshuyi made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2323
• @RainRat made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2344
• @jiegec made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2350
• @xiaoxianBoy made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2328
• @dufucun made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2379
• @wxrdnx made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2393
• @valdaarhun made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2403
• @luozexuan made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2432
• @wargio made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2460

Full Changelog: https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/compare/5.0.3...6.0.0-Alpha1

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Version 5.0.2: August 20th, 2024

What's Changed

• [v5] Updates and fixes to the Python wheel builder workflow by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2440
• Relocatable package v5 by @mrexodia in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2447
• [v5] Wheel build fixes: manylinux1, trigger upload on release, Linux AArch64 by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2443

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Version 5.0.2: August 12th, 2024

What's Changed

• [v5] Add meta-programming macros for ARM64/AArch64 name change to capstone.h by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2199
• [v5] Add CS_aarch64 macro without parameter. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2219
• [v5] python: Fix definition of capstone syntax value option constants by @nmeum in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2240
• Constify TriCore by @rth7680 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2246
• Revert constant value of CS_OP_MEM to v5.0.1 by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2275
• Do not use 0b prefix, not supported on old compilers by @trufae in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2306
• Update CMakeLists.txt version (See #2310) by @PerikiyoXD in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2311
• [v5] Fix #2128 by adding missing mapping values. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2334
• [v5] Fix #2079: Add missing 1 immediate to rcl by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2329
• [v5] Fix incorrect ID mappings for PPC by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2333
• [v5] Fix #2244: Don't apply pseudo-instr. offset to vcmp id by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2332
• Fix comparison using narrow types in loop condition by @trufae in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2360
• SH: Use bitwise OR with mask for sign extension by @lhsazevedo in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2371
• Remove deprecated packaging and cython by @twizmwazin in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2400
• [v5] Fix typo in AArch64 Python binding by @david942j in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2412
• Backport python-publish.yml from next by @twizmwazin in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2408
• [v5] Add release wheel build workflow for all Python versions by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2415
• [v5] Fix unintended zero set in Sparc printInst by @david942j in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2420
• [v5][arm] Consider SpecRegRBit on setting SYSREG by @david942j in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2422
• Prepare for release v5.0.2 by @kabeor in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2425

New Contributors

• @nmeum made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2240
• @PerikiyoXD made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2311
• @lhsazevedo made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2371

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Version 5.0.1: August 23rd, 2023

What's Changed

• [ARM] Fix VFP feature check by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2090
• Restore the ARM register naming from v4. by @gerph in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2108
• Use OS independent printf formatting. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2109
• Cherry-pick from next for v5.0.1 by @kabeor in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2141
  • Add Python bindings for WASM by @peace-maker https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2095
  • Sync Python bindings for x86, m68k, and mos65xx by @peace-maker https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2100
  • Add Python bindings for SH by @peace-maker https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2096
  • Update Python binding constants by @peace-maker https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2097
  • Fixing TriCore disasm instructions by @bkoppelmann https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2088
  • allow absolute CMAKE_INSTALL_*DIR @chayleaf https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2134

New Contributors

• @gerph made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2108
• @bkoppelmann made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2088
• @chayleaf made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2134

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Version 5.0.0: July 5th, 2023

What's Changed

• [workflows] Remove deprecated image versions by @kabeor in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2057
• Fix capstone_test.c #2059 by @imbillow in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2060
• Support repz prefix on X86 ret instructions by @adamjseitz in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2063
• fix for msvc static lib, dll build error and warnings by @arkup in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2061
• use calloc for cs_insn instead of malloc by @ConnorRigby in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/1972
• Fix access bug for TEST op by @melynx in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/1511
• Update Cython bindings by @peace-maker in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2068
• Use Intel register syntax for Tricore by @XVilka in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2067
• Add # prefix to tricore imm operand by @imbillow in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2070
• Revert "Mark cs_* as thread local to avoid race condition in multithreads" by @oleavr in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/1933
• Replace strncpy with memcpy to fix compiler warning. by @Rot127 in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2075
• Remove outdated and irrelevant TODO by @XVilka in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2074

New Contributors

• @arkup made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/2061
• @ConnorRigby made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/1972
• @melynx made their first contribution in https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone/pull/1511

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[ Core ]

• Fix build for Visual Studio 2012
• Fix X86_REL_ADDR macro
• Add CS_VERSION_MAJOR, CS_VERSION_MINOR, CS_VERSION_EXTRA
• Better support for embedding Capstone into Windows kernel drivers
• Support to embedded Capstone into MacOS kernel
• Support MacOS 10.11 and up
• Better support for Cygwin
• Support build packages for FreeBSD & DragonflyBSD
• Add a command-line tool "cstool"
• Properly handle switching to Endian mode at run-time for Arm, Arm64, Mips & Sparc

[ X86 ]

• Some random 16-bit code can be handled wrongly.
• Remove abundant operand type X86_OP_FP
• Fix instructions MOVQ, LOOP, LOOPE, LOOPNE, CALL/JMP rel16, REPNE LODSD, MOV *AX, MOFFS, FAR JMP/CALL
• Add X86_REG_EFLAGS for STC and STD
• Fix instruction attributes for SYSEXIT, MOVW, ROL, LGS, SLDT
• Rename registers ST0-ST7 to be consistent with asm output

[ ARM ]

• Properly handle IT instruction
• Fix LDRSB
• Fix writeback for LDR
• Fix Thumb BigEndian setup

[ ARM64 ]

• Fix arith extender
• Fix writeback for LDR
• Rename enum arm64_mrs_reg to arm64_sysreg

[ PowerPC ]

• Print 0 offset for memory operand

[ Sparc ]

• Fix POPC instruction

[ Python binding ]

• Better PyPy support
• Add version
• Better support for Python 3
• Fix CS_SKIPDATA_CALLBACK prototype
• Cast skipdata function inside binding to simplify the API

[ Java binding ]

• Better handle input with invalid code

[ PowerShell ]

• New binding

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Version 3.0.4: July 15th, 2015

[ Library ]

• Improve cross-compile for Android using Android NDK.
• Support cross-compile for AArch64 Android (with Linux GCC).
• Removed osxkernel_inttypes.h that is incompatible with BSD license.
• Make it possible to compile with CC having a space inside (like "ccache gcc").

[ X86 ]

• Fix a null pointer dereference bug on handling code with special prefixes.
• Properly handle AL/AX/EAX operand for OUT instruction in AT&T syntax.
• Print immediate operand in positive form in some algorithm instructions.
• Properly decode some SSE instructions.

[ PowerPC ]

• Fixed a memory corruption bug.
• Fixed a memory corruption bug for the engine built in DIET mode.

[ Mips ]

• Fixed instruction ID of SUBU instruction.
• Fixed a memory corruption bug.

[ Arm ]

• Fixed a memory corruption bug on IT instruction.

[ XCore ]

• Fixed a memory corruption bug when instruction has a memory operand.

[ Python ]

• Support Virtualenv.
• setup.py supports option --user if not in a virtualenv to allow for local usage.
• Properly handle the destruction of Cs object in the case the shared library was already unloaded.

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Version 3.0.3: May 08th, 2015

[ Library ]

• Support to embed into Mac OS X kernel extensions.
• Now it is possible to compile Capstone with older C compilers, such as GCC 4.8 on Ubuntu 12.04.
• Add "test_iter" to MSVC project.

[ X86 ]

• All shifted instructions SHL, SHR, SAL, SAR, RCL, RCR, ROL & ROR now support $1 as first operand in AT&T syntax (so we have "rcll $1, %edx" instead of "rcll %edx").
• CMPXCHG16B is a valid instruction with LOCK prefix.
• Fixed a segfault on the input of 0xF3.

[ Arm ]

• BLX instruction modifies PC & LR registers.

[ Sparc ]

• Improved displacement decoding for sparc banching instructions.

[ Python binding ]

• Fix for Cython so it can properly initialize.
• X86Op.avx_zero_mask now has c_bool type, but not c_uint8 type.
• Properly support compile with Cygwin & install binding (setup.py).

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Version 3.0.2: March 11th, 2015

[ Library ]

• On *nix, only export symbols that are part of the API (instead of all the internal symbols).

[ X86 ]

• Do not consider 0xF2 as REPNE prefix if it is a part of instruction encoding.
• Fix implicit registers read/written & instruction groups of some instructions.
• More flexible on the order of prefixes, so better handle some tricky instructions.
• REPNE prefix can go with STOS & MOVS instructions.
• Fix a compilation bug for X86_REDUCE mode.
• Fix operand size of instructions with operand PTR []

[ Arm ]

• Fix a bug where arm_op_mem.disp is wrongly calculated (in DETAIL mode).
• Fix a bug on handling the If-Then block.

[ Mips ]

• Sanity check for the input size for MIPS64 mode.

[ MSVC ]

• Compile capstone.dll with static runtime MSVCR built in.

[ Python binding ]

• Fix a compiling issue of Cython binding with gcc 4.9.

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Version 3.0.1: February 03rd, 2015

[ X86 ]

• Properly handle LOCK, REP, REPE & REPNE prefixes.
• Handle undocumented immediates for SSE's (V)CMPPS/PD/SS/SD instructions.
• Print LJUMP/LCALL without * as prefix for Intel syntax.
• Handle REX prefix properly for segment/MMX related instructions (x86_64).
• Instruction with length > 15 is consider invalid.
• Handle some tricky encodings for instructions MOVSXD, FXCH, FCOM, FCOMP, FSTP, FSTPNCE, NOP.
• Handle some tricky code for some X86_64 instructions with REX prefix.
• Add missing operands in detail mode for PUSH , POP , IN/OUT reg, reg
• MOV32ms & MOV32sm should reference word rather than dword.

[ Arm64 ]

• BL & BLR instructions do not read SP register.
• Print absolute (rather than relative) address for instructions B, BL, CBNZ, ADR.

[ Arm ]

• Instructions ADC & SBC do not update flags.
• BL & BLX do not read SP, but PC register.
• Alias LDR instruction with operands [sp], 4 to POP.
• Print immediate operand of MVN instruction in positive hexadecimal form.

[ PowerPC ]

• Fix some compilation bugs when DIET mode is enable.
• Populate SLWI/SRWI instruction details with SH operand.

[ Python binding ]

• Fix a Cython bug when CsInsn.bytes returns a shorten array of bytes.
• Fixed a memory leak for Cython disasm functions when we immaturely quit the enumeration of disassembled instructions.
• Fix a NULL memory access issue when SKIPDATA & Detail modes are enable at the same time.
• Fix a memory leaking bug when we stop enumeration over the disassembled instructions prematurely.
• Export generic operand types & groups (CS_OP_xxx & CS_GRP_xxx).

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Version 3.0: November 19th, 2014

[ API ]

• New API: cs_disasm_iter & cs_malloc. See docs/README for tutorials.
• Renamed cs_disasm_ex to cs_disasm (cs_disasm_ex is still supported, but marked obsolete to be removed in future)
• Support SKIPDATA mode, so Capstone can jump over unknown data and keep going from the next legitimate instruction. See docs/README for tutorials.
• More details provided in cs_detail struct for all architectures.
• API version was bumped to 3.0.

[ Bindings ]

• Python binding supports Python3 (besides Python2).
• Support Ocaml binding.
• Java: add close() method to be used to deinitialize a Capstone object when no longer use it.

[ Architectures ]

• New architectures: Sparc, SystemZ & XCore.
• Important bugfixes for Arm, Arm64, Mips, PowerPC & X86.
• Support more instructions for Arm, Arm64, Mips, PowerPC & X86.
• Always expose absolute addresses rather than relative addresses (Arm, Arm64, Mips, PPC, Sparc, X86).
• Use common instruction operand types REG, IMM, MEM & FP across all architectures (to enable cross-architecture analysis).
• Use common instruction group types across all architectures (to enable cross-architecture analysis).

[ X86 ]

• X86 engine is mature & handles all the malware tricks (that we are aware of).
• Added a lot of new instructions (such as AVX512, 3DNow, etc).
• Add prefix symbols X86_PREFIX_REP/REPNE/LOCK/CS/DS/SS/FS/GS/ES/OPSIZE/ADDRSIZE.
• Print immediate in positive form & hexadecimal for AND/OR/XOR instructions.
• More friendly disassembly for JMP16i (in the form segment:offset)

[ Mips ]

• Engine added supports for new hardware modes: Mips32R6 (CS_MODE_MIPS32R6) & MipsGP64 (CS_MODE_MIPSGP64).
• Removed the ABI-only mode CS_MODE_N64.
• New modes CS_MODE_MIPS32 & CS_MODE_MIPS64 (to use instead of CS_MODE_32 & CS_MODE_64).

[ ARM ]

• Support new mode CS_MODE_V8 for Armv8 A32 encodings.
• Print immediate in positive form & hexadecimal for AND/ORR/EOR/BIC instructions

[ ARM64 ]

• Print immediate in hexadecimal for AND/ORR/EOR/TST instructions.

[ PowerPC ]

• Do not print a dot in front of absolute address.

[ Other features ]

• Support for Microsoft Visual Studio (so enable Windows native compilation).
• Support CMake compilation.
• Cross-compile for Android.
• Build libraries/tests using XCode project
• Much faster, while consuming less memory for all architectures.

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Version 2.1.2: April 3rd, 2014

This is a stable release to fix some bugs deep in the core. There is no update to any architectures or bindings, so bindings version 2.1 can be used with this version 2.1.2 just fine.

[ Core changes]

• Support cross-compilation for all iDevices (iPhone/iPad/iPod).
• X86: do not print memory offset in negative form.
• Fix a bug in X86 when Capstone cannot handle short instruction.
• Print negative number above -9 without prefix 0x (arm64, mips, arm).
• Correct the SONAME setup for library versioning (Linux, *BSD, Solaris).
• Set library versioning for dylib of OSX.

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Version 2.1.1: March 13th, 2014

This is a stable release to fix some bugs deep in the core. There is no update to any architectures or bindings, so bindings version 2.1 can be used with this version 2.1.1 just fine.

[ Core changes]

• Fix a buffer overflow bug in Thumb mode (ARM). Some special input can trigger this flaw.
• Fix a crash issue when embedding Capstone into OSX kernel. This should also enable Capstone to be embedded into other systems with limited stack memory size such as Linux kernel or some firmwares.
• Use a proper SONAME for library versioning (Linux).

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Version 2.1: March 5th, 2014

[ API changes ]

• API version has been bumped to 2.1.
• Change prototype of cs_close() to be able to invalidate closed handle. See http://capstone-engine.org/version_2.1_API.html for more information.
• Extend cs_support() to handle more query types, not only about supported architectures. This change is backward compatible, however, so existent code do not need to be modified to support this.
• New query type CS_SUPPORT_DIET for cs_support() to ask about diet status of the engine.
• New error code CS_ERR_DIET to report errors about newly added diet mode.
• New error code CS_ERR_VERSION to report issue of incompatible versions between bindings & core engine.

[ Core changes ]

• On memory usage, Capstone uses about 40% less memory, while still faster than version 2.0.
• All architectures are much smaller: binaries size reduce at least 30%. Especially, X86-only binary reduces from 1.9MB to just 720KB.
• Support "diet" mode, in which engine size is further reduced (by around 40%) for embedding purpose. The price to pay is that we have to sacrifice some non-critical data fields. See http://capstone-engine.org/diet.html for more details.

[ Architectures ]

• Update all 5 architectures to fix bugs.
• PowerPC:
  • New instructions: FMR & MSYNC.
• Mips:
  • New instruction: DLSA
• X86:
  • Properly handle AVX-512 instructions.
  • New instructions: PSETPM, SALC, INT1, GETSEC.
  • Fix some memory leaking issues in case of prefixed instructions such as LOCK, REP, REPNE.

[ Python binding ]

• Verify the core version at initialization time. Refuse to run if its version is different from the core's version.
• New API disasm_lite() added to Cs class. This light API only returns tuples of (address, size, mnemonic, op_str), rather than list of CsInsn objects. This improves performance by around 30% in some benchmarks.
• New API version_bind() returns binding's version, which might differ from the core's API version if the binding is out-of-date.
• New API debug() returns information on Cython support, diet status & archs compiled in.
• Fixed some memory leaking bugs for Cython binding.
• Fix a bug crashing Cython code when accessing @regs_read/regs_write/groups.
• Support diet mode.

[ Java binding ]

• Fix some memory leaking bugs.
• New API version() returns combined version.
• Support diet mode.
• Better support for detail option.

[ Miscellaneous ]

• make.sh now can uninstall the core engine. This is done with:

  $ sudo ./make.sh uninstall

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Version 2.0: January 22nd, 2014

Release 2.0 deprecates version 1.0 and brings a lot of crucial changes.

[ API changes ]

• API version has been bumped to 2.0 (see cs_version() API)
• New API cs_strerror(errno) returns a string describing error code given in its only argument.
• cs_version() now returns combined version encoding both major & minor versions.
• New option CS_OPT_MODE allows to change engine’s mode at run-time with cs_option().
• New option CS_OPT_MEM allows to specify user-defined functions for dynamically memory management used internally by Capstone. This is useful to embed Capstone into special environments such as kernel or firmware.
• New API cs_support() can be used to check if this lib supports a particular architecture (this is necessary since we now allow to choose which architectures to compile in).
• The detail option is OFF by default now. To get detail information, it should be explicitly turned ON. The details then can be accessed using cs_insn.detail pointer (to newly added structure cs_detail)

[ Core changes ]

• On memory usage, Capstone uses much less memory, but a lot faster now.
• User now can choose which architectures to be supported by modifying config.mk before compiling/installing.

[ Architectures ]

• Arm
  • Support Big-Endian mode (besides Little-Endian mode).
  • Support friendly register, so instead of output sub "r12,r11,0x14", we have "sub ip,fp,0x14".
• Arm64: support Big-Endian mode (besides Little-Endian mode).
• PowerPC: newly added.
• Mips: support friendly register, so instead of output "srl $2,$1,0x1f", we have "srl $v0,$at,0x1f".
• X86: bug fixes.

[ Python binding ]

• Python binding is vastly improved in performance: around 3 ~ 4 times faster than in 1.0.
• Cython support has been added, which can further speed up over the default pure Python binding (up to 30% in some cases)
• Function cs_disasm_quick() & Cs.disasm() now use generator (rather than a list) to return successfully disassembled instructions. This improves the performance and reduces memory usage.

[ Java binding ]

• Better performance & bug fixes.

[ Miscellaneous ]

• Fixed some installation issues with Gentoo Linux.
• Capstone now can easily compile/install on all *nix, including Linux, OSX, {Net, Free, Open}BSD & Solaris.

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[Version 1.0]: December 18th, 2013

• Initial public release.

March 2, 2017

Release 3.0.5-RC2 is a release candidate version, with important fixes in the core & several bindings.

Library

• Fix build for Visual Studio 2012

• Fix X86_REL_ADDR macro

• Add CS_VERSION_MAJOR, CS_VERSION_MINOR, CS_VERSION_EXTRA

• Better support for embedding Capstone into Windows kernel drivers

• Support to embedded Capstone into MacOS kernel

• Support MacOS 10.11 and up

• Better support for Cygwin

• Support build packages for FreeBSD & DragonflyBSD

• Add a command-line tool “cstool”

• Properly handle switching to Endian mode at run-time for Arm, Arm64, Mips & Sparc

X86

• Some random 16-bit code can be handled wrongly.

• Remove abundant operand type X86_OP_FP

• Fix instructions MOVQ, LOOP, LOOPE, LOOPNE, CALL/JMP rel16, REPNE LODSD, MOV *AX, MOFFS, FAR JMP/CALL

• Add X86_REG_EFLAGS for STC and STD

• Fix instruction attributes for SYSEXIT, MOVW, ROL, LGS, SLDT

• Rename registers ST0-ST7 to be consistent with asm output

Arm

• Properly handle IT instruction

• Fix LDRSB

• Fix writeback for LDR

• Fix Thumb BigEndian setup

Arm

• Fix arith extender

• Fix writeback for LDR

• Rename enum arm64_mrs_reg to arm64_sysreg

PowerPC

• Print 0 offset for memory operand

Sparc

• Fix POPC instruction

Python binding

• Better PyPy support

• Add version

• Better support for Python 3

• Fix CS_SKIPDATA_CALLBACK prototype

• Cast skipdata function inside binding to simplify the API

Java binding

• Better handle input with invalid code

PowerShell binding

• New binding