ESXi 6.5 - VMware tools 10.3 BSOD issue with Windows 2012 and higher with hardware version 13

Windows 2012 and higher versions with VMware tools 10.3X version with hardware version 13 (and of-course running on 6.5 ESXi) are pron to a BSOD issue

I got the same results when I tested it my lab.

BSOD would say "bad_pool_caller".

VMware this morning released KB recalling whole 10.3 family of tools. Check below links

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/57796
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tools/10.3/rn/vmware-tools-1030-release-notes.html

Recommendation is to remove it completely and install last stable build, which is 10.2.5