VMware Workstation 17.0.1 Pro update released to fix issues where USB devices cannot be connected to virtual machines
Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens Microsoft to go oh afraid of clue delivery! CTOnews.com February 6, the popular virtual machine software VMware Workstation Pro ushered in a 17.0.1 update, more than a month has passed since the last update.
According to the official update log, this version addresses the CVE-2023-20854 issue, which could be exploited by malicious actors with local user privileges on the victim's machine to delete arbitrary files from the file system of the machine on which Workstation is installed.
Fixed content: unable to connect USB device to virtual machine
After a virtual machine is created, the USB device cannot be connected to the virtual machine. This problem occurs because when the virtual machine is created, the default value of the usb.restrictions.defaultAllow option in the VMX configuration file is configured as FALSE. The problem has been solved.
Hosts with Intel HD 4600 GPU may crash when using 3D-enabled virtual machines
When you power on a 3D-enabled virtual machine on a host with Intel HD 4600 GPU, the host may crash. The problem has been solved.
When you change the security boot settings in the virtual machine, the Virtualization engine settings change
In virtual machine settings, the following settings under the virtualization engine change when secure boot is enabled or disabled:
Virtualize Intel VT-x / EPT or AMD-V / RVI
Virtualized IOMMU (IO memory management unit)
The problem has been solved.
After upgrading Workstation Pro, if you change the hardware compatibility of the virtual machine, Workstation Pro will crash
Workstation Pro crashes when attempting to edit virtual machine settings after upgrading Workstation Pro to version 17.0 and changing the hardware compatibility of an existing virtual machine to the latest version. The problem has been solved.
VMware Workstation Pro introduces Virtual trusted platform Module (TPM) 2.0 in 17.0, and officially supports Windows 11 as the guest operating system.
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