The recent upgrade to Kernel 4.4 broke vmware workstation 11 rather badly. In fact, I regret doing the update now because I really did not have the time to fix it.
However, needs must, and I did patch vmware workstation 11 to run with this latest kernel although it took a few hours. When I get around to it, I will probably construct and post a patch file so that others can do this also.
Until that time, contact me directly if you upgrade and your workstation installation won't compile correctly, and I can send you the patched kernel module files (the tar files found in /lib/vmware/modules/source). Patches will also work with vmware player.
I was quite surprised when I went looking and could not find a built and working patchfile already available someplace. I found bits and pieces, but part of it I had to sort out for myself. Very strange.