This file details the changelog of Qiling Framework.

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[Version 1.4.6]: August 4th, 2023

## What's Changed
* Fix ELF argv encoding by @elicn in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1303
* Qdb improvements by @ucgJhe in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1311
* added a history tracker to get coverage information about the execution of the binary by @anotherdish in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1313
* remove tab and replace with 4 spaces by @xwings in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1320
* Fix __CreateFile implmentation to include access mask and creation disposition  by @kbsec in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1309
* Add interactive pipe to simulate pwntools `interactive` function by @anotherdish in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1307
* fixed get_ins_exclude_lib not handling multiple shared objects properly by @anotherdish in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1317
* Fix improper signaling of emulation termination in gdb single step by @elicn in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1322
* Delete legacy object before reloading custom_script by @DiamondHunters in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1327
* fix #1325 by @DiamondHunters in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1326
* Fix struct packing logic associated with calls to `getdents64` by @Z1pburg3r in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1334
* Improve afl_fuzz wrapper by @gnbon in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1330
* Periodic maintenance PR by @elicn in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1336
* Added qltui in setup.py by @river-li in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1354
* feat(os): add posix message queue syscalls by @chinggg in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1363
* Improved handling of export table for invalid export address and removed GandCrab workaround in GetProcAddress by @clairelevin in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1358
* Fix  bug: qdb  load address error by @ltlly in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1364
* Periodic maintenance PR by @elicn in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1355
* update return register accordingly for all arch by @ucgJhe in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1367
* Getting ready for 1.4.6 by @xwings in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1368

## New Contributors
* @anotherdish made their first contribution in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1313
* @kbsec made their first contribution in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1309
* @DiamondHunters made their first contribution in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1327
* @Z1pburg3r made their first contribution in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1334
* @gnbon made their first contribution in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1330
* @river-li made their first contribution in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1354
* @clairelevin made their first contribution in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1358
* @ltlly made their first contribution in https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/pull/1364

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling/compare/1.4.5...1.4.6

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[Version 1.4.5]: December 31st, 2022

New features:
- Qdb with PE (#1295)

Improvements:
- Add pstate in const_arm64.py (#1236)
- Implement ql_syscall_sched_yield (#1237)
- Periodic quality PR (#1238)
- Speed up MCU interrupt handler (#1240)
- Minor update for setup.py, mcu test and windows registry (#1246)
- Optimize qltui (#1247)
- Optimize evm dependency package version manage (#1248)
- Fix getrlimit related syscall (aka tenda fix) (#1249)
- Add new ci for arm firmware (#1250)
- More detailed tenda CI test and cleanup elf multithrad http test (#1251)
- Fix MIPS relocs (#1252)
- Newly compiled picohttpd for armeb and new test script (#1254)
- Update armeb test binary and testing docker (#1255)
- Update rootfs (#1256)
- Qdb bug fix and improvement (#1257)
- Improve handling of gdb 42000 magic pid (#1259)
- Fix mcu issue in qdb and show flags in uppercase (#1263)
- Update setup.py (#1267)
- Handle Cortex M as a specific arch (#1271)
- Fix some error in syscall fcntl and getsockopt (#1272)
- Periodic maintenance PR (#1274)
- Fix gdb attach on ARM thumb mode (#1285)
- Qdb: add command show_args (#1289)
- Periodic maintenance PR (#1293)

Contributors:
- richor1042
- vhertz
- elicn
- kabeor
- xwings
- ucgJhe
- aquynh
- owl129

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[Version 1.4.4]: September 24th, 2022

New features:
- Add r2 extension (#1172)
- Introduce procfs to Linux OS (#1174)
- Add a tracer for IDAPro's Tenet plugin (#1205)

Improvements:
- Collect a few additional DLLs for x8664 (#1167)
- Use global cwd in thread (#1170)
- Fix QlLinuxThreadManagement.threads to be updated appropriately (#1180)
- Fix Unix socket subsystem (#1181)
- Maintenance PR for security and code quality (#1182 #1195)
- Enable android 32bit test (#1184)
- Fix wrong platform_system for unicornafl (#1185)
- Fix arm thumb mode shellcode emulation (#1187)
- Pump unicorn version to 2.0.0 (#1189)
- Procfs improve & pwndbg compatiblity (#1190)
- Fix example script issues (#1193 #1194)
- Introduce a human-friendly disassembler (#1196)
- Fix gdb step/continue handling (#1200)
- Fix README.md (#1203)
- Fix typo of default ip 127.0.0.1 (#1205)
- Temporarily mask Python versions that are not supported by the EVM module (#1208)
- Windows Maintenance PR (#1210)
- Improvements around POSIX sockets (#1216)
- Add x86_64 debug support for Qdb (#1218)
- Renew code for picohttpd (#1221)
- Fix missing retaddr_on_stack in Qdb for arm (#1225)
- Qdb improvments: Mark, Jump and modify register value in qdb (#1226)
- Allow user to build config from dictionary other than disk file (#1227)
- fix(ida): replace __getattribute__ with __getattr__ (#1231)

Contributors:
- jasperla
- bet4it
- chinggg
- elicn
- vhertz
- cgfandia-tii
- wtdcode
- ucgJhe
- aquynh
- kabeor
- oscardagrach
- hamarituc
- EtchProject
- HackingFrogWithSunglasses
- xwings

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[Version 1.4.3]: June 1st, 2022

New features:
- Introduce PowerPC architecture support (#1140)

Improvements:
- Fix fuzzing for tendaac15 (#1096)
- Update unicorn version to 2.0-rc6 (#1100)
- Implemented a few more Windows msvcrt functions (#1102)
- Minor PE Loader fix (#1104)
- Minor quality changes (#1106)
- Fix cacheflush syscall typo (#1115)
- Improvements and fixes for Windows and PE (#1118)
- Add vm_context to EVM hooks (#1119)
- Load interpreter segments with correct perms and vaddr (#1120)
- Fix mistakes in fuzz_x8664_linux binary (#1121)
- Add EVM ABI helpers, fix EVM DBG stack view (#1123)
- Fix regression caused by missing exception handling when opening socket (#1124)
- CI improvement (#1128 #1134)
- Add macho load command 'LC_LOAD_WEAK_DYLIB' support (#1133)
- Fix breakage of non-Windows binary emulation on Windows host (#1143)
- Remove misused region bound check of unmap_all (#1144)
- Change deprecated interfaces of IDA (#1145)
- Use importlib to retrieve package version (#1146)
- New and improved gdbserver (#1148)
- Rewrite package data reading (#1150)
- Misc improvements (#1154)
- Fix memory exhaustion problem caused by the logger (#1161)

Contributors:
- wtdcode
- aquynh
- elicn
- xwings
- cq674350529
- TheZ3ro
- bet4it
- chinggg
- kabeor
- chfl4gs
- profiles
- OlfillasOdikno
- nmantan
- machinewu
- nullableVoidPtr
- Phat3


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[Version 1.4.2]: Feb 13th, 2022

New features:
- Add stm32f103 support (#1087)
- Add Arduino Due (SAM3X8E) Support (#1090)

Improvements:
- ARM exception handler improvements (#1056)
- UEFI improvements (#1061)
- Qdb improvements (#1058)
- Update rich api in evm dbgcui (#1062)
- Add security coockies back into PE loader for kernel driver (#1063)
- Fix ql_open_flag_mapping for Linux binary emulation on Windows (#1064)
- Minor changes and fixes to the tracing module (#1065)
- Fix unicornafl for linux_x8664 fuzzing example (#1068)
- Fuzzing improvements (#1075)
- Add fix and example for openat path traversion (#1076)
- Fix _CreateFileA params issue (#1079)

Contributors:
- nmantani
- hardik05
- cla7aye15I4nd
- ucgJhe
- elicn
- wtdcode
- kabeor
- xwings


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[Version 1.4.1]: Dec 29th, 2021

New features:
- Introduced riscv, both 32 and 64 (#980)
- Added U-boot (#1000)
- Abstract calls to native functions (#1013)

Improvements:
- Minor improvements to memory module (#1012)
- Refactored core hooks (#966)
- update ql.os.posix.const_mapping with more os/arch match (#973)
- More update in MCU modules (#971)
- Fix getpeername and getsockname syscalls (#986)
- Qdb improvements (#999)
- QNX improvements (#1054)

Contributors:
- cq674350529
- ucgJhe
- cla7aye15I4nd
- elicn
- xwings


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[Version 1.4.0]: Oct 20th, 2021

- Added MCU Engine
- Bug fix for qdb
- Bug fix for debugger
- Bug fix for ql.mem
- Bump to Unicorn 2


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[Version 1.3.0]: Sept 25th, 2021

- Added QNX
- Aded Dynamically executed QNX
- Added more Posix syscall
- Bugfix: GDB server on MIPS binary
- Major refactor of Windows DLL
- Add Win32 16bit compatibility file api
- Fixed ql.mem.search logic
- ql.arch refactor
- Added EVM engine


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[Version 1.2.4]: June 15th, 2021

- Added custom engine extension
- Added more Posix syscall
- Refactor: Posix syscall
- Refactor: Memory management
- Refactor: Heap management
- Cleanup and getting ready for engine module


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[Version 1.2.3]: March 30th, 2021

- Improved PR #689, Android syscall and test fix
- GDB speed optimization
- Fixed return value for uid/gid related syscall
- Resolved multilevel symbolic links
- Demigod set.api implementation
- Added support for arguments inside IDA plugin
- Major refactor, see commit 4aa8e59e04d5a8a5520e4e1e2595ecc78a80beba
- Clean and remove rootfs
- ql.filter now accepts a regular expression
- consolidate output into verbose


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[Version 1.2.2]: February 8th, 2021

- Fix _acmdln and _wcmdln handling
- More UEFI refactor
- Refactor common OS space
- Bring sality test to work again
- Clean up more test case
- First stage multithread rewrite done
- Updated Qiling(shellcode=) to Qiling(code=), still keeping Qiling(shellcode=) for legacy purpose
- Added support for SMM_RUNTIME_SERVICES_TABLE
- Fixed regression in code coverage collection
- Added generic ql.mem.read_ptr helper function
- merged UEFI, windows, linux and macos print_function
- merged UEFI, windows, linux and macos fncc
- make MacOS uses more Qiling API


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[Version 1.2.1]: January 1st, 2021

- Added support for custom envs variables inside IDA plugin
- Demigod: Fixed lkm mapping and added support for MIPS32EL
- Demigod: Added support for Linux x86 32bit
- Added support for binaries that return from their entrypoint (PE / ELF)
- Configure Qiling with 'stop_on_stackpointer' or 'stop_on_exit_trap'
- Add basic Windows driver tests / example
- UEFI refactor


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[Version 1.2]: November 16th, 2020

- Demigod finally arrived, more information about [Demigod](https://groundx.io/demigod/)
- Linux: Implement futex bitset && Check library initialization
- Linux: vfork and fork syscall mappings
- execve() ql.argv and ql.env fix
- De-flattern with IDA plugin now supports ARM && ARM64 with experimental IDA mircocode API.
- Snapshot mechanism allows saving and restoring of OS and Loader information.
- Welcome Lazymio and Kabeor to the team
- Improve register handling (uppercase/lowercase) and add LR register support to arm64
- Fix ELF Memory mapping issues
- Fixed directory traversal bug


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[Version 1.1.3]: September 30th, 2020

- Added Doogie example and implement more interrupts
- Added ollvm de-flattern support for IDA plugin
- Fixed the popup menu doesn't show when the IDA plugin is put into plugins directory
- Added Json report extension
- Fix register mapping
- ql_syscall_writeev: Use ql.dprint instead of checking debug level
- Added support for fcntl64 F_SETFL and non-blocking sockets 
- drcov_exact: coverage collection at instruction granularity 
- Added UDP support


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[Version 1.1.2]: September 6th, 2020

- Qiling Debugger now comes with reverse debugging
- Added qltool into pypi packages
- Added more Windows API
- Add mapper support for standalone disks.
- More BIOS/DOS interrupts support shipped with fully emulated Petya as a mbr analysis example.


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[Version 1.1.1]: August 23th, 2020

- Fixed Windows "import resource" issue
- Added ql.save and ql.restore aka Qiling's Snapshot
- Added ql.os.fd.save() and ql.os.fd.restore() to save file descriptor
- Added IDA Plugin
- Test, patch and make sure arm_thumb can work on its own
- Added Qiling Debugger - Currently only works with MIPS
- Added experimental 8086 and DOS support.
- Fixed path transformation on Windows when running Linux.
- IDA Plugin able to instrument code now
- Refactor ql.fs_mapper (now ql.os.fs_mapper)


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[Version 1.1]: July 24th, 2020

- More refactors and bug fixes
- Adding DLL images for PE coverage tracing
- Added hook_mem_invalid
- More UEFI API


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[Version 1.1-rc1]: July 17th, 2020

- More refactors and bug fixes
- More detailed debug output
- Fix MIPS_EB overflow issue
- Introduce heap sanitizer


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[Version 1.1-alpha2]: June 26th, 2020

- More refactors and bug fixes
- Added Key Developers section in CREDITS.TXT
- Golang compiled binary support
- custom ql.fs_mapper
- fixed x86 and arm multithread
- moved all posix syscall mapping to complete syscall table
- Supports more Linux syscalls
- Supports more Windows APIs
- OnEnter, OnExit for syscall, windows API and Linux LIB C functions


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[Version 1.1-alpha1]: May 26th, 2020

- More refactor and bug fix
- Support UEFI
- Added more memory, register related API
- Support output filtering
- Support more Linux syscalls
- Support more Windows APIs
- Moved more system variable to ql.profile
- Support shellcode debugging
- Minor bug fix for gdbserver
- Welcome KLKS to the team


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[Version 1.0]: April 26th, 2020

- Windows anti anti-debugger, tested with Al-Khaser
- Support ARM64 Android binary


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[Version 1.0-rc1]: April 12nd, 2020

- Support debugger: GDB, IDAPro, Radare
- Support OS profile to customize API output (Windows)
- Support more Linux syscalls
- Support more Windows APIs
- Support MacOS dyld


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[Version 1.0 beta]: November 14th, 2019

- First public released


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[Version 1.0 close alpha]: October 9th, 2019

- Closed alpha test