Did you try downloading and installing the prebuilt VMware instead of loading from an ISO?

https://www.offensive-security.com/kali-linux-vm-vmware-virtualbox-image-download/

Most likely not a problem in Kali. VMware Player and Workstation are known to always having issues with newer Kernel versions like shipped in Kali and support for newer Kernels are always lacking behind weeks or even months:

https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-15.5.6

This report has been filed against an old version of Kali. We will be closing this ticket due to inactivity.
Please could you see if you are able to replicate this issue with the latest version of Kali Linux (https://www.kali.org/get-kali/)?
If you are still facing the same problem, feel free to re-open the ticket. If you choose to do this, could you provide more information to the issue you are facing, and also give information about your setup?
For more information, please read: https://kali.training/topic/filing-a-good-bug-report/