VMware released the 16.2.5 update of Workstation Pro (paid) and Workstation Player (free) virtual machine software, which contains security patches and some bug fixes.
The full changelog for VMware Workstation Pro and Workstation Player 16.2.5:
Patches the CVE-2022-31705 security vulnerability.
Fixed an issue where installing Microsoft Windows 11 or Windows Server 2022 on a virtual machine would fail. When a user tries to install these two operating systems on a virtual machine, the installation may fail with the following error message: Unsupported processor.
VMware Workstation 17.0 Pro version was released in November, officially supporting Windows 11 as a guest operating system. Version 17.0 also automatically starts a local virtual machine when the host starts, users can also choose between full or fast encryption, supports OpenGL 4.3 (Windows 7, Linux with Mesa 22.0.0 or later versions of Linux kernel 5.16.0), and WDDM 1.2.
