VMplayer : make: *** [Makefile:117: vmnet.ko] Error 2 Unable to install all modules. See log for details.

A recent update on VMplayer16 version attempted to install the module for vmnet but it was unable to do so broke the vmplayer, with the error message

Unable to install all modules. See log for details.

The log showed an error indicating some issue with the compilation of the vmnet module and was not able to generate the module for it. /tmp/modconfig-8DbDF1/vmnet-only/userif.c:578:13: error: too many arguments to function ‘csum_and_copy_to_user’ [scripts/Makefile.build:287: /tmp/modconfig-8DbDF1/vmnet-only/userif.o] Error 1host-4864| I005: make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... host-4864| I005: make[1]: *** [Makefile:1848: /tmp/modconfig-8DbDF1/vmnet-only] Error 2 host-4864| I005: make: *** [Makefile:117: vmnet.ko] Error 2

The issue was in the vmplayer version 16.0, the simplest workaround for this is to download the vmplayer 16.1.2 from the site or any newer version avaialble and install the same. This issue has been fixed in the newer versions, and the vmplayer is able to lauch successfully.