VeraCrypt 1.25.4
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- Project:
- VeraCrypt
- Series:
- trunk
- Version:
- 1.25.4
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- Registrant:
- Mounir IDRASSI
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Changes between 1.24-Update8 and 1.25.4 (3 December 2021) :
- All OSes:
* Speed optimization of Streebog.
* Update translations.
- Windows:
* Add support for Windows on ARM64 (e.g. Microsoft Surface Pro X) but system encryption not yet supported.
* Add MSI installer for silent mode deployment (ACCEPTLICENSE=YES must be set in msiexec command line).
- For now, MSI installer cannot be used if system partition is encrypted with VeraCrypt
- MSI installer requires Windows 10 or newer
* Drop support of Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 because of new requirement for driver code signing.
* Reduce time of mount when PRF auto-detection is selected.
* Fix potential memory corruption in driver caused by integer overflow in IOCTL_STORAGE_
* Replace insecure wcscpy/
* Changes EFI Bootloader:
- Fix memory leak in some cases caused by wrong check of pointer for calling MEM_FREE
- Clear bootParams variable that may contain sensitive information when halting the system in case of fatal error
- Add option "KeyboardInputD
* Try to workaround Windows Feature Updates issues with system encryption by fixing of bootloader and SetupConfig.ini when system resumes or when session is opened/unlocked
* Fix failure to load local HTML documentation if application running with administrative privileges
* Fix freeze when password dialog displayed in secure desktop and try to access token keyfiles protected by PIN
* Fix failure to launch keyfile generator in secure desktop mode
* Block Windows from resizing system partition if it is encrypted
* Add keyboard shortcut to "TrueCrypt mode" in the mount dialog.
- MacOSX:
* Native support of Apple Silicon M1.
* Drop official support of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
* Add UI language support using installed XML files. Language is automatically detected using "LANG" environment variable.
* Add CLI switch (--size=max) and UI option to give a file container all available free space on the disk where it is created.
* Return error if unknown filesystem value specified in CLI --filesystem switch instead of silently skipping filesystem creation.
- Linux:
* Add UI language support using installed XML files. Language is automatically detected using "LANG" environment variable
* Compatiblity with with pam_tmpdir.
* Display icon in notification area on Ubuntu 18.04 and newer (contibuted by https:/
* Add CLI switch (--size=max) and UI option to give a file container all available free space on the disk where it is created.
* Return error if unknown filesystem value specified in CLI --filesystem switch instead of silently skipping filesystem creation.
- FreeBSD:
* Make system devices work under FreeBSD
* Add CLI switch (--size=max) and UI option to give a file container all available free space on the disk where it is created.
* Return error if unknown filesystem value specified in CLI --filesystem switch instead of silently skipping filesystem creation.
- OpenBSD:
* Add basic support of OpenBSD
* Add CLI switch (--size=max) and UI option to give a file container all available free space on the disk where it is created.
* Return error if unknown filesystem value specified in CLI --filesystem switch instead of silently skipping filesystem creation.
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