Unable to run VMware - Failed to build vmnet

I was able to fix the issue for 3.13 kernel using this solution.

Author advises to patch vmnet sources:

Create file vmnet313.patch in your home directory with the following content:

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> #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 13, 0)
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> #else
> VNetFilterHookFn(const struct nf_hook_ops *ops,        // IN:
> #endif
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<    transmit = (hooknum == VMW_NF_INET_POST_ROUTING);
---
>    #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 13, 0)
>       transmit = (hooknum == VMW_NF_INET_POST_ROUTING);
>    #else
>       transmit = (ops->hooknum == VMW_NF_INET_POST_ROUTING);
>    #endif

Alternatively download this patch to your home directory and rename it to vmnet313.patch. For example:

wget "http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=p3bkbAMu" -O vmnet313.patch

Next, execute following commands:

# Change directory into the vmware module source directory
cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
# untar the vmnet modules
tar -xvf vmnet.tar
# run a the patch you should have just saved earlier
patch vmnet-only/filter.c < ~/vmnet313.patch
# re-tar the modules
tar -uvf vmnet.tar vmnet-only
# delete the previous working directory
rm -r vmnet-only
# run the vmware module build program. (alternatively just run the GUI app)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

The last command (or vmplayer) should now run successfully.

Using this vmnet313.patch including a couple of typo corrections (see @nonsleepr's answer), resolved my issue with upgrading with the 9.0.2 to 9.02.4 upgrade on Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS 64-bit Desktop.

This snippet is the content of pastebin.com/raw.php?i=p3bkbAMu; but with 2 corrected typos at the very end.

--- vmnet-only/filter.c 2013-10-18 23:11:55.000000000 +0400
+++ vmnet-only/filter.c 2013-12-03 04:16:31.751352170 +0400
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "compat_module.h"
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/version.h>
 #if COMPAT_LINUX_VERSION_CHECK_LT(3, 2, 0)
 #   include <linux/module.h>
 #else
@@ -203,7 +204,11 @@
 #endif

 static unsigned int
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 13, 0)
 VNetFilterHookFn(unsigned int hooknum,                 // IN:
+#else
+VNetFilterHookFn(const struct nf_hook_ops *ops,        // IN:
+#endif
 #ifdef VMW_NFHOOK_USES_SKB
                  struct sk_buff *skb,                  // IN:
 #else
@@ -252,7 +257,14 @@

    /* When the host transmits, hooknum is VMW_NF_INET_POST_ROUTING. */
    /* When the host receives, hooknum is VMW_NF_INET_LOCAL_IN. */
-   transmit = (hooknum == VMW_NF_INET_POST_ROUTING);
+
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 13, 0)
+    transmit = (hooknum == VMW_NF_INET_POST_ROUTING);
+#else
+    transmit = (ops->hooknum == VMW_NF_INET_POST_ROUTING);
+#endif
+    packetHeader = compat_skb_network_header(skb);
+    ip = (struct iphdr*)packetHeader;