# radare2 6.0.6

- Product: radare2 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/radare2)
- Vendor: radare project
- Date: 2025-11-23
- Version: 6.0.6
- Original notes: https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/releases/tag/6.0.6
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/radare2/releases/6.0.6
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

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- **changed** — Replace RStr.pad() with pad2
- **changed** — Use code/call/data refs to find shortest flow path in analysis
- **changed** — Improve support for anal.timeout
- **changed** — Handle more arm64 jump tables
- **changed** — Expose ptrsize on more arm LOADS
- **changed** — Handle more cjmp instructions for loongson
- **changed** — Fallback to recursive esil for too sparse functions
- **changed** — Properly expose the ADD imm on arm64
- **changed** — Fill the op.val on arm64 CMP instructions
- **fixed** — Fix p8fm mask size mismatch for instructions longer than 8 bytes
- **fixed** — Fix duplicate xrefs in axff output
- **changed** — RThreads use 8MB of stack instead of 1MB
- **changed** — Expose the LOAD size for arm64 LDR ops
- **added** — Implement simple arena memory allocator
- **changed** — CoreBind getI must resolve ut64
- **changed** — RCoreHelp should take a const string as argument
- **fixed** — Fix wasm opsize read issue
- **added** — Assemble msub, str and stur ARM64 instructions
- **added** — Support encoding ex9.it, ifret and ifcall nds32 instructions

##### Release Notes

Version: 6.0.6
Previous: 6.0.4
AbiDiff: 24-39
Commits: 331
Contributors: 28

```sh
curl -Ls https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/releases/download/6.0.6/radare2-6.0.6.tar.xz | tar xJv
radare2-6.0.6/sys/install.sh
```

##### Highlights
<details><summary>More details</summary><p>

##### Authors

[0verflowme](mailto:30723680+0verflowme@users.noreply.github.com) [Abhi](mailto:85984486+AbhiTheModder@users.noreply.github.com) [Edoardo Mantovani](mailto:168632450+PurpleVortex@users.noreply.github.com) [Eduardo Novella](mailto:foro.dudu@gmail.com) [Ignacio Sanmillan](mailto:ulexec@gmail.com) [Luc Schrijvers](mailto:begasus@gmail.com) [MiKi](mailto:miki@mikelloc.com) [Miquel S.](mailto:miki@mikelloc.com) [Nikesh Chavhan](mailto:imjustfree4ever@gmail.com) [Pau RE](mailto:prodrigestivill@gmail.com) [Priyanshu Kumar](mailto:priyanshu.kumar@broadcom.com) [Quentin BUATHIER](mailto:quentin.buathier@eshard.com) [Quet Zal](mailto:4quetz@gmail.com) [Sagittarius-a](mailto:sagittarius-a@users.noreply.github.com) [Sverker](mailto:svartaspjutet@gmail.com) [Sverker Berggren](mailto:82815654+SverkerBerggren@users.noreply.github.com) [System Administrator](mailto:root@pancakes-MacBook-Pro-2.local) [astralia](mailto:astralia@nopcode.org) [dependabot[bot]](mailto:49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com) [dominikfhnw](mailto:91049623+dominikfhnw@users.noreply.github.com) [google-labs-jules[bot]](mailto:161369871+google-labs-jules[bot]@users.noreply.github.com) [gum3t](mailto:59421197+gum3t@users.noreply.github.com) [pancake](mailto:pancake@nopcode.org) [pancake](mailto:pancake@nowsecure.com) [pancake](mailto:trufae@gmail.com) [potato](mailto:30723680+0verflowme@users.noreply.github.com) [qz](mailto:4quetz@gmail.com) [vicky-dx](mailto:imjustfree4ever@gmail.com) 

##### Changes

**abi**

* The old RStr.pad() is now replaced by pad2 

**analysis**

* Use code/call/data refs to find shortest flow path 
* Improved support for anal.timeout 
* Handle more arm64 jump tables 
* Expose the ptrsize on more arm LOADS 
* Handle more cjmp instructions for loongson 
* Fallback to recursive esil for too sparse functions 
* Dont change blocksize when running afva 
* Properly expose the ADD imm on arm64 
* Some more consistency fixes for arm 
* Fill the op.val on arm64 CMP instructions 
* Fix #24712 - p8fm mask size mismatch for instructions longer than 8 bytes 
* Add comprehensive ROP gadget tests for ARM32/ARM64/x86-64 
* Fix duplicate xrefs in axff output 
* RThreads use 8MB of stack instead of 1MB 

**analysys**

* Expose the LOAD size for arm64 LDR ops 

**api**

* Implement simple arena memory allocator 
* CoreBind getI must resolve ut64 
* RCoreHelp should take a const string as argument 

**arch**

* Fix wasm opsize read issue 
* Assemble msub, str and stur ARM64 instructions 
* Support encoding ex9.it, ifret and ifcall nds32 instructions 
* Add register alias names for nds32 
* Throw more ESIL and pseudo for nds32 instructions 
* Add support for v1/v2/v3 sBPF bytecode standards 
* Describe all instructions for the COSMAC architecture 
* Support assembling the 'notrack' r{jmp|call} prefix for x86-64 
* Implement x86 assembler for pushfq/popfq and fix cwde 
* Fixed registers name for NDS32 
* Initial import of the hppa pseudo parser 
* Add HPPA disassembler database with instruction descriptions 
* Add the instructionset documentation for nds32 
* Initial import of the nds32 pseudo parser 
* Fix #17637 - ARM64 variable substitution in address calculation instructions 
* Fix #15947 - Compound assignments for the ARM64 pseudo 
* Support asm.pseudo for the x86 BMI1 instructions 
* Assemble the BMI1 instructions for x86-64 
* Fix pseudocode for arm64 movk instruction 
* Add more arm32 instruction descriptions 
* Assembler movsz and movzx for x86-64 
* Add support for ghost nops for x86-{32,64} 

**asm**

* Fix #24824 - Use asm.imm.base for ATT syntax 
* Custom float directives for rasm2 
* Add Floating Point profiles for VAX, CRAY, IBM370

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