Version 5.0-rc1

New features:

• Add arch BPF (#1388)
• Add arch RISCV (#1401)
• Add arch WASM (#1359)
• PyPI workflow (#1645)
• Option to generate install target (#1698 #1700)
• Swift binding (#1707)
• Add CI Test support (#1797)
• Add benchmark (#1811)

Improvements:

• Add fixups for aarch64 instructions (#1632 #1655)
• Add fixups for x86 instructions (#1644 #1657 #1689 1751)
• Add fixups for m68k instructions (#1663 #1709)
• Add fixups for m680x instructions (#1695)
• Add fixups for mips instructions (#1674)
• Add fixups for mos65xx instructions (#1702)
• Add fixups for systemz instructions (#1679)
• Add fixups for risc-v instructions (#1682 #1690 #1691)
• Add fixups for ppc instructions (#1687 #1688)
• Add cmake config and export targets (#1637)
• Fix issues in Makefiles (#1639)
• Fix issues about cmake builds (#1649 #1659)
• MSVC tooling updates (#1651)
• Fix crash when using skipdata with NULL mnemonic(#1703)
• Fix python only use ascii character (#1704)
• Add support for aarch64 distributions (#1720)
• Fix registry access for several versions of pop such as POPDS, POPSS, etc. (#1725)
• Fix registry access on cmov instructions (#1727)
• Fix -Wstringop-truncation warnings (#1730)
• Fix always return the same type from regs_read (#1736)
• Fix inconsistent behavior of Mips_option() (#1744)
• Fix pythonic bug (#1745)
• Fixes the (pip) Python Module build on FreeBSD (#1750)
• Enable detection and build on all BSD systems (#1753)
• Fix the displacement offset for moffset-encoded operands (#1754)
• Update cmake_minimum_required to version 2.8.12 (#1756)
• Fixed typos in compilation steps (#1762)
• Fix build android (#1765)
• Support disassembling bytes from memoryview (#1773)
• Fixed library extension to build properly under CYGWIN (#1791)
• Add Capstone Engine Documentation (#1794)
• Fix eflags effects for adc/sbb (#1798)
• Update x86 operand access information (#1801)
• CI automatically build release tarball (#1802)
• Dont format sstreams when there's nothing to format (#1805)
• Fix warning about Unused variables (#1815)
• Fix insn initialization when instruction have no operands or have a prefix (#1816)
• Avoid abort() if x86 not supported (#1818)
• Fix unterminated string regression (#1819)
• Fixed incorrect operand access on x86 instruction vmovdqu (#1823)

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Version 4.0.2

Release 4.0.2 is a stable release version, with bugfixes in the core & some bindings.

Core

• Windows kernel-mode driver support
• Fix installation path on FreeBSD and DragonFly

cstool

• Add armv8, ppc32 & thumbv8 modes
• Print instruction ID

X86

• Support CS_OPT_UNSIGNED for ATT syntax
• Fix operand size for some instructions
• Fix LOCK prefixes
• Recognize xacquire/xrelease prefix
• Fix call/jmp access mode of mem operand
• Add ENDBR32, ENDBR64 to reduce mode
• Other minor fixes

ARM64

• Support CS_OPT_UNSIGNED
• Fix register access flags for memory instructions
• Fix UMOV vess

ARM

• Update writeback for STR_POST_REG

M68K

• Store correct register value in op.reg_pair

PowerPC

• BDZLA is absolute branch

SystemZ

• Fix truncated 64bit imm operand
• Fix base/index printing

Python

• Fix skipdata struct being destroyed
• Add repr for capstone.CsInsn

Java

• Fix Java bindings to use pointers instead of longs

Ocaml

• Fix x86_op record

Version 4.0.1

This release fixes some minor bugs of v4.0, as well as introduces some improvements for Python binding.

[ Core ]

• Fix some issues for packaging (Debian, Gentoo).
• Better support for building with Mingw.
• cstool has new option -s to turn on skipdata mode.
• cstool -v now report build settings of the core.
• Add suite/capstone_get_setup.c so users can integrate with their own code
  to retrieve Capstone settings at build time.

[ Arm ]

• Fix 4.0 regression: the tbh [r0, r1, lsl #1] instruction sets the operand.shift.value back again.
• Remove ARM_REG_PC group for BX instruction.

[ X86 ]

• Fix: endbr32 and endbr64 instructions are now properly decoded in both CS_MODE_32 and CS_MODE_64.

[ M680X ]

• Fix some issues reported by clang-analyzer.

[ Python ]

• Fix skipdata setup.
• Add getter/setter for skipdata_mnem, skipdata_callback.

Version 4.0

[ Core ]

• New APIs: cs_regs_access()
• Add new options for cs_option(): CS_OPT_MNEMONIC & CS_OPT_UNSIGNED & CS_OPT_SYNTAX_MASM.
• Various updates & bugfixes for all architectures.
• Add 4 new architectures: EVM, M68K, M680X & TMS320C64x.
• Add new group types: CS_GRP_PRIVILEGE & CS_GRP_BRANCH_RELATIVE.
• Add new error types: CS_ERR_X86_MASM.

[ X86 ]

• Add XOP code condition type in x86_xop_cc.
• Add some info on encoding to cs_x86 in cs_x86_encoding.
• Add register flags update in cs_x86.{eflags, fpu_flags}
• Change cs_x86.disp type from int32_t to int64_t.
• Add new groups: X86_GRP_VM & X86_GRP_FPU.
• Lots of new instructions (AVX)

[ ARM64 ]

• Add instruction ARM64_INS_NEGS & ARM64_INS_NGCS.

[ Mips ]

• Add mode CS_MODE_MIPS2.

[ PPC ]

• Change cs_ppc_op.imm type from int32_t to int64_t.
• Add new groups: PPC_GRP_ICBT, PPC_GRP_P8ALTIVEC, PPC_GRP_P8VECTOR & PPC_GRP_QPX.
• Lots of new instructions (QPX among them)

[ Sparc ]

• Change cs_sparc_op.imm type from int32_t to int64_t.

[ Binding ]

• New bindings: PowerShell & VB6

Version 3.0.5

[ Core ]

• Fix the include path for Android builds when building cstool.
• Add posibility to disable universal build for Mac OS.
• cstool: Separate instruction bytes by spaces.
• Fix code path of pkg-config in Cmake.
• Update XCode project for XCode 9.1.
• Add Cortex-M support to cstool.
• Cmake forces to be build using MT with MSVC.
• Better support for Mac OS kernel.

[ X86 ]

• Fix some issues in handling EVEX & VEX3 instructions.
• Fix immediate operand for AND instruction in ATT mode.
• Fix ATT syntax when imm operand is 0.
• Better handle XACQUIRE/XRELEASE.
• Fix imm operand of RETF.

[ ARM ]

• Fix an integer overlow bug.

[ ARM64 ]

• Bug fix for incorrect operand type in certain load/store instructions.

[ Mips ]

• Mode CS_MODE_MIPS32R6 automatically sets CS_MODE_32

[ PPC ]

• Fix endian check.

[ Sparc ]

• Fix an integer overlow bug.

[ SystemZ ]

• Fix an integer overlow bug.

[ Python binding ]

• Raise error on accessing irrelevant data fields if skipdata & detail modes are enable.

Version 3.0.5-rc3

Changelog:

Core

• Fix compilation for MacOS kernel extension
• cstool to support armbe and arm64be modes
• Add nmake.bat for Windows build
• Fix an integer overflow for Windows kernel driver
• Support to embedded Capstone into MacOS kernel
• cstool: fix mips64 mode
• Fix a compiling error in MS Visual Studio 2015
• Install pkgconfig file with CMake build
• Fix SOVERSION property of CMake build
• Properly handle switching to Endian mode at run-time for Arm, Arm64, Mips & Sparc
• Fix MingW build
• Better handle CMake installation for Linux 64bit

X86

• Support BND prefix of Intel MPX extension
• Correct operand size for CALL/JMP in 64bit mode with prefix 0x66
• LOCK NOP is a valid instruction
• Fix ATT syntax for instruction with zero offset segment register
• LES/LDS are invalid in 64bit mode
• Fix number of operands for some MOV instructions

ARM

• Fix POP reg to update SP register
• Update flags for UADD8 instruction

ARM64

• Better performance with new lookup table
• Handle system registers added in ARMv8.1/2

Visual Basic binding

• New binding

Version 4.0-alpha5

Fix many bugs, and add new architecture TMS320C64X.

Version 3.0.5-rc2

See http://www.capstone-engine.org/Version-3.0.5-RC2-changelog for details on important changes.

Version 4.0-alpha4

4.0-alpha4 release with some important bug-fixes from 4.0-alpha3 version.

Version 4.0-alpha3

4.0-alpha3 release with some important security bug-fixes from 4.0-alpha2 version.