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description: Change log / release notes for Docker Desktop Mac 2.x
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This page contains release notes for Docker Desktop for Mac 2.x.
## Docker Desktop Community 2.5.0.1
2020-11-10
### Upgrades
- [Compose CLI v1.0.2](https://github.com/docker/compose-cli/releases/tag/v1.0.2)
- [Snyk v1.424.4](https://github.com/snyk/snyk/releases/tag/v1.424.4)
### Bug fixes and minor changes
- Fixed an issue that caused Docker Desktop to crash on MacOS 11.0 (Big Sur) when VirtualBox was also installed. See [docker/for-mac#4997](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/4997).
## Docker Desktop Community 2.5.0.0
2020-11-02
Docker Desktop 2.5.0.0 contains a Kubernetes upgrade. Your local Kubernetes cluster will be reset after installing this version.
### New
- Users with a paid Docker subscription can now see the vulnerability scan report on the Remote repositories tab in Docker Desktop.
- Docker Desktop introduces a support option for users with a paid Docker subscription.
### Security
- Fixed local privilege escalation vulnerability caused by inadequate certificate checking. See [CVE-2021-3162](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3162).
### Upgrades
- [Linux kernel 5.4.39](https://hub.docker.com/layers/linuxkit/kernel/5.4.39-f39f83d0d475b274938c86eaa796022bfc7063d2/images/sha256-8614670219aca0bb276d4749e479591b60cd348abc770ac9ecd09ee4c1575405?context=explore)
- [Docker Compose CLI 1.0.1](https://github.com/docker/compose-cli/releases/tag/v1.0.1)
- [Snyk v1.421.1](https://github.com/snyk/snyk/releases/tag/v1.421.1)
- [Go 1.15.2](https://github.com/golang/go/releases/tag/go1.15.2)
- [Kubernetes 1.19.3](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/releases/tag/v1.19.3)
### Bug fixes and minor changes
- Renamed 'Run Diagnostics' to 'Get support'.
- Removed BlueStacks warning message. Fixes [docker/for-mac#4863](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/4863).
- Made container start faster in cases where shared volumes have lots of files. Fixes [docker/for-mac#4957](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/4957).
- File sharing: fixed changing ownership of read-only files. Fixes [docker/for-mac#4989](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/4989), [docker/for-mac#4964](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/4964).
- File sharing: generated `ATTRIB` inotify events as well as `MODIFY`. Fixes [docker/for-mac#4962](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/4962).
- File sharing: returned `EOPNOTSUPP` from `fallocate` for unsupported modes. Fixes `minio`. Fixes [docker/for-mac#4964](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/4964).
- File sharing: fixed a possible premature file handle close.
- When sharing Linux directories (`/var`, `/bin`, etc) with containers, Docker Desktop avoids watching paths in the host file system.
- When sharing a file into a container (e.g. `docker run -v ~/.gitconfig`) Docker Desktop does not watch the parent directory. Fixes [docker/for-mac#4981](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/4981), [docker/for-mac#4975](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/4975).
- Fixed an issue related to NFS mounting. Fixes [docker/for-mac#4958](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/4958).
- Allow symlinks to point outside of shared volumes. Fixes [docker/for-mac#4862](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/4862).
- Diagnostics: avoid hanging when Kubernetes is in a broken state.
- Docker Desktop now supports `S_ISUID`, `S_ISGID` and `S_ISVTX` in calls to `chmod(2)` on shared filesystems. Fixes [docker/for-mac#4943](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/4943).
## Docker Desktop Community 2.4.0.0
2020-09-30
Docker Desktop 2.4.0.0 contains a Kubernetes upgrade. Your local Kubernetes cluster will be reset after installing this version.
### New
- [Docker Compose CLI - 0.1.18](https://github.com/docker/compose-cli), enabling use of volumes with Compose and the Cloud through ECS and ACI.