Windows 10 VM with vmware toools and kernel 4.9

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Hello guys, using the vmware-workstation-12.5.6.5528349 and vmware-modules-308.5.6

on Funtoo linux, debian-sources (kernel 4.8.15) and works like a charm

But upgrading to debian-sources ( kernel 4.9.18 ) when a machine with Windows 10 try to load vmware tools or an installation from fresh install immediately got kernel panic and laptop freezes completely.

Also, I have nvdia-drivers-378.13-r2

[stuffresearch]

https://bugs.funtoo.org/browse/FL-3798 ( Opened an Issue on Funtoo )

I have more info and figured out what was happening

My new kernel 4.9.18 was built with stack protector feature wich was set to strong, recompiling kernel without the future solved the kernel panic

the log is something like this:

Kernel panic - not syncing: stack-protector: kernel stack is corrupted in: fffffffffffff
CPU: 3 PID 4382 Comm: vmware Tained: P O 4.9.18-1-pfctl #2
Hardware name> Notebook
Calltrace
Kernel Offset> disable
end kernel panic - not syncing: stack-protector: kernel stack is corrupted in: fffffffffffff

Cheerz!

[JREAM]

The following helped me (UKUU Ubuntu Kernal Update Utility)

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:teejee2008/ppa
apt install ukuu

(I just ran the GUI/ Super + ukuu)

uname -r I went to 4.18.5 (so far its been running good, rebooted twice (Gno-Menu was buggy). -- so far everything is much faster it feels like a new OS -- no freezing in a few hours.