GNU Debugger 17.1 Released With CET Shadow Stack Support, New DAP Features
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GDB 17.1)
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The GNU Debugger "GDB" 17.1 is out today with a number of new features for enhancing the open-source debugging experience.
GDB 17.1 adds support for Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET) [1]Shadow Stack support on x86_64 Intel/AMD processors. GDB 17.1 can also now handle debugging Linux programs that use the AArch64 Guarded Control Stacks (GCS) functionality.
The GDB record feature also now supports the RISC-V RV64GC architecture, improved linker namespace support, new Python API improvements, new Guile API improvements, Debugger Adapter Protocol (DAP) changes, and various other improvements to this GNU Debugger. The Debugger Adapter Protocol (DAP) changes include now supporting completion requests.
Downloads and more details on today's GDB 17.1 release via [2]the mailing list announcement .
[1] https://www.phoronix.com/search/Shadow+Stack
[2] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2025-12/msg00007.html
GDB 17.1 adds support for Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET) [1]Shadow Stack support on x86_64 Intel/AMD processors. GDB 17.1 can also now handle debugging Linux programs that use the AArch64 Guarded Control Stacks (GCS) functionality.
The GDB record feature also now supports the RISC-V RV64GC architecture, improved linker namespace support, new Python API improvements, new Guile API improvements, Debugger Adapter Protocol (DAP) changes, and various other improvements to this GNU Debugger. The Debugger Adapter Protocol (DAP) changes include now supporting completion requests.
Downloads and more details on today's GDB 17.1 release via [2]the mailing list announcement .
[1] https://www.phoronix.com/search/Shadow+Stack
[2] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2025-12/msg00007.html