VMware Workstation 15.0.4 Pro for PC Windows

What's New
This release of VMware Workstation Pro is a free upgrade for all VMware Workstation 15 Pro users.

Support has been added for the following operating systems as both host and guest.
Ubuntu 18.10
Fedora 29
RHEL 7.6
This release contains bug fixes and security updates.

Important Fixes
This release of VMware Workstation Pro addresses the following issue:

VMware Workstation Pro has an uninitialized stack memory usage vulnerability in the vmxnet3 virtual network adapter that might allow a guest to execute code on the host. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifier CVE-2018-6981 to this issue.

Support has been added for the following operating systems as both host and guest.
Ubuntu 18.10
Fedora 29
RHEL 7.6
This release contains bug fixes and security updates.

Important Fixes
This release of VMware Workstation Pro addresses the following issue:
VMware Workstation Pro has an uninitialized stack memory usage vulnerability in the vmxnet3 virtual network adapter that might allow a guest to execute code on the host. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifier CVE-2018-6981 to this issue.

Resolved Issues
On a Linux host with a VLAN network adapter, starting the Workstation Pro network editor fails
In this situation, when you attempt to start the virtual network editor, using the Workstation Pro menu path or with the vmware-netcfg command, the network editor crashes.
Attempts to clone a virtual machine or expand a virtual machine might fail when the virtual machine location uses 4K native storage technology
The failure occurs when you attempt to clone a virtual machine to a 4K native storage location, such as a location that uses Microsoft Storage Spaces technology. The failure can also occur when you attempt to expand a virtual machine already located in a 4K native storage location. As the failure occurs, Workstation Pro displays the following error message: "The parameter is incorrect."
When you create a custom virtual machine, the memory slider does not function properly
When you create a virtual machine using the Custom option, the memory value does not coincide with the position of the slider.
Editing the VMX file of a virtual machine to automatically connect a USB device does not have the desired effect
After you edit the configuration file (.vmx) of a virtual machine to include an autoConnect entry for a USB device, as described in https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/164, the USB device does not automatically connect to the virtual machine at power on.

Support has been added for the following operating systems as both host and guest.
Ubuntu 18.10
Fedora 29
RHEL 7.6
This release contains bug fixes and security updates.

Important Fixes
This release of VMware Workstation Pro addresses the following issue:
VMware Workstation Pro has an uninitialized stack memory usage vulnerability in the vmxnet3 virtual network adapter that might allow a guest to execute code on the host. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifier CVE-2018-6981 to this issue.

Resolved Issues
On a Linux host with a VLAN network adapter, starting the Workstation Pro network editor fails
In this situation, when you attempt to start the virtual network editor, using the Workstation Pro menu path or with the vmware-netcfg command, the network editor crashes.
Attempts to clone a virtual machine or expand a virtual machine might fail when the virtual machine location uses 4K native storage technology
The failure occurs when you attempt to clone a virtual machine to a 4K native storage location, such as a location that uses Microsoft Storage Spaces technology. The failure can also occur when you attempt to expand a virtual machine already located in a 4K native storage location. As the failure occurs, Workstation Pro displays the following error message: "The parameter is incorrect."
When you create a custom virtual machine, the memory slider does not function properly
When you create a virtual machine using the Custom option, the memory value does not coincide with the position of the slider.
Editing the VMX file of a virtual machine to automatically connect a USB device does not have the desired effect
After you edit the configuration file (.vmx) of a virtual machine to include an autoConnect entry for a USB device, as described in https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/164, the USB device does not automatically connect to the virtual machine at power on.

New:
Windows 10 2018 Spring Creators Update (Version 1803) as host and guest.
Ubuntu 18.04 support as host and guest.
Bug fixes and security updates.
Resolved Issues:
When you power on a virtual machine, Workstation Pro might take focus from other applications on the host.
Two USB devices might list the same device name in the Workstation Pro drop-down menu.

There are numerous virtual environment provides on the market today, some put ease of use above functionality, other place integration above stability. VMware Workstation Pro is the easiest to use, the fastest and the most reliable app when it comes to evaluating a new OS, or new software apps and patches, in an isolated and safe virtualized environment.

Key Features include:

• Powerful 3D Graphics - DirectX 10* and OpenGL 3.3 support.
• VMware Compatibility - Create one; Run anywhere on VMware software.
• vSphere and vCloud Air Support - Drag and drop VMs between environments.
• Restricted and Encrypted VMs - Protection and performance enhancements.
• Expiring Virtual Machines - Time-limited virtual machines.
• Latest Hardware Support - Broadwell and Haswell CPU support.
• Enterprise Quality Virtual Machines - 16 vCPUs, 8TB virtual disks, and 64GB memory.
• Enhanced IPv6 Support - IPv6-to-IPv4 NAT (6to4 and 4to6).
• Virtual Machine Video Memory - Up to 2GB.
• Enhanced Connectivity - USB 3.0, Bluetooth, HD audio, printers, and Skype support.
• High Resolution Displays - 4K UHD and QHD+ support.

VMware Workstation Pro is a perfect choice for those of you who are a little skeptical about making the leap over to Windows 10. By utilizing an app like this, you'll get to try out all of Windows 10's new features in a safe sandboxed environment, without the need to install the OS natively. VMware Workstation Pro doesn't just support Microsofts OS, you can also install Linux VMs, including Ubuntu, Red Hat, Fedora, and lots of other distributions as well.

Overall, Workstation Pro offers high performance, strong reliability, and cutting edge features that make it stand out from the crowd. The full version is a little pricey, but you do get what you pay for.

This release includes some bug fixes and security updates.

This release includes the following highlights:
Day 0 support of the Windows 10 Creators Update (version 1703). End users can create virtual machines with the Windows 10 Creators Update or by installing VMware Workstation 12 Pro on a Windows 10 Creators Update operating system.
Bug fixes and security updates.

Fixes and security updates.
Important Fixes:
VMware Workstation Pro has a heap buffer overflow and uninitialized stack memory usage in SVGA. These issues might allow a guest virtual machine to execute code on the host.
The VMware Workstation Pro XHCI driver has uninitialized memory usage. This issue might allow a guest virtual machine to execute code on the host.
VMware Workstation Pro has uninitialized memory usage. This issue might lead to an information leak.

Addresses an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability related to the drag-and-drop feature.

Resolved Issues:
Workstation Pro fails to launch on a Linux platform that uses kernel 4.9.0
When trying to launch the Workstation Pro on a Linux platform with kernel 4.9.0, the Virtual Machine Monitor (vmmon) and Virtual Network Device (vmnet) modules fail to build and a dialog box displays the following error: Unable to start services.
Occasionally, the Workstation Pro user interface crashes in Workstation 12 Pro version 12.5 and displays an error
The Workstation Pro user interface crashes and issues the following error: VMWare Workstation unrecoverable error: (vmui) Exception 0xc000005 (access violation) has occurred
When you use a USB device that does not follow USB specifications in a virtual machine in USB passthrough mode, the guest becomes unusable
When you attempt to pass through a USB device that does not follow USB specifications, such as the Broadcom 5880 smart card reader, to a Windows 7 or Windows 10 guest operating system, the device causes the guest CPU usage to increase to the maximum level, making the guest unusable.
You cannot connect a parallel port to a virtual machine
When you attempt to map a parallel port to a physical parallel port, you cannot use the parallel port in the virtual machine. The connecting parallel port listed when you select VM > Settings triggers the following error: Cannot open VMparport drivr for LPT1: the system cannot find the file specified.....
Connecting an Active Braille device to the virtual machines fails
When Workstation Pro users select VM > Removable Devices to connect an Active Braille device to the virtual machine, the attempt fails and a "driver error" message appears in the message log. Also, the guest operating system shows no record of the device.
After users execute Active FTP in the guest operating system, the vmnat.exe process continues to use a TCP port of the host
The vmnat.exe process consumes a new TCP port on the host when users execute Active FTP on the guest. The process does not release the TCP port even when the FTP session is closed.
ThinPrint technology does not work in a Windows XP guest operating system with VMware Tools 10.0.10
When users use a Windows XP guest with VMware Tools 10.0.10, they cannot see host printers that are mapped to the guest with ThinPrint technology. This issue is resolved with VMware Tools 10.0.12 when you perform a clean installation. Upgrading from VMware Tools 10.0.10 to 10.0.12 does not resolve the issue.
VMware Tools service is not started in Ubuntu 16.10 guest
After installing VMware Tools in an Ubuntu 16.10 guest, the VMware Tools service is not started. As a result, functionality provided by the VMware Tools service, for example, shared folders, is not available.
You cannot use shared folders in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 virtual machine
After enabling and adding a shared folder to a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 virtual machine, none of the added shared folders are available in the /mnt/hgfs directory in the virtual machine.

- Addresses an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability related to the drag-and-drop feature.

# Adds support for the following operating systems:
* Windows 10 Anniversary Update
* Windows Server 2016
# Resolved Issues
* VMware Workstation Pro cannot launch on Linux host with kernel 4.6
- A Linux host with kernel 4.6 fails to launch Workstation because the vmmon and vmnet drivers are not built successfully.
* The VM reverts back to a snapshot when suspending
- If you configure Revert to snapshot when a VM is powered off from Options-> Snapshots, the VM actually reverts to a snapshot when suspended.
* On Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview host, help links do not appear
- With the latest Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview, this issue no longer exists.
* Unable to install VMware Tools in FreeBSD 10.3 guest OS
- Due to changes in the FreeBSD system-bundled Perl, you cannot install VMware Tools in a FreeBSD 10.3 guest OS and you get a vmware-install.real.pl: not found error when executing the ./vmware-install.pl script.
* USB autoconnect VMX entry is getting removed when the USB device is disconnected from the VM
- The issue occurs after you add a VMX entry to autoconnect the USB device to a VM by using VID and PID. This entry is getting removed when you disconnect the USB device from VM through VM > Removable device > Disconnect.
* Workstation fails to launch on RHEL 6.8 host with kernel 2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64
- On RHEL 6.8 host with kernel 2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64, Workstation fails to launch due to vmnet driver compilation error.
* Wireless adapter cannot connect after Workstation is installed
- Beginning with Windows 8, Microsoft implement a security policy (GPO) that prevents non-domain and domain simultaneous connections. When this GPO is enabled and Workstation is installed, Windows considers the virtual adapters that Workstation creates as physical connections. Therefore, the wireless connection cannot be established because Windows prefers the wired connection (virtual adapter) to wifi connections.
* Workstation menu View->Fit Guest Now does not work for Windows Vista guest with VMware Tools installed
- When you power on a Windows Vista guest with latest VMware Tools installed, and click Workstation menu View->Fit Guest Now, the guest screen does not change.
* Unable to launch Workstation on Fedora 23 host
- After installing Workstation on a host running Fedora 23, Workstation fails to launch.
* Sometimes canceling Workstation installation deletes all the contents in the destination folder
- When installing Workstation to a customized folder path, canceling the installation deletes all the contents in the destination folder.
* You hit a VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (svga) when running 3D application in the guest
- If your Windows host has an NVDIA GPU, you might hit the VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (svga) when running a 3D application in the guest.
* VMware Workstation Pro cannot boot virtual machine on a 64-bit Braswell N3150 processor.
- VMware Workstation Pro cannot boot virtual machine on a 64-bit Braswell N3150 processor and the following error appears:
> MONITOR PANIC: vcpu-0:VERIFY vmcore/vmm/main/cpuid.c:376 bugNr=1036521.
* Some types of smart card are not accessible in the guest on a Linux host
- On a Linux host, when you try to connect smart card to guest via Workstation through VM->Removable Devices, the guest can detect the smart card reader, but is not able to access the smart card.
* On the Ubuntu 15.10 and later versions guest operating system, replacing open-vm-tools with the bundled VMware Tools version, might cause VMware Tools to work improperly
- On the Ubuntu 15.10 and later versions guest OS, when you replace open-vm-tools with the VMware Tools version bundled with VMware Workstation Pro, VMware Tools does not work as expected. After you reboot the system, an Ubuntu crash report might appear and one of the services in VMware Tools might stop working.
* The amount of memory used by the guest OS cannot be limited
- The guest OS uses the full amount of memory allocated to the virtual machine even if you try to limit the amount of memory used by the guest OS through the BCDEdit 'truncatememory' option.
* USB Ethernet adapter fails to connect to the VM
- You cannot connect specific USB Ethernet adapter to a running VM.