Build simple program.
Start it under Vmware player.
I see a window with black content.

WebEngine on qt 5.4.2 on the same virtual machine - the error does not occur.

DebugView trace:

[3532] QOpenGLShader::compile(Vertex): 0:5(1): error: syntax error, unexpected $undefined
[3532]
[3532] *** Problematic Vertex shader source code ***
[3532] #define lowp
[3532] #define mediump
[3532] #define highp
[3532] #line 1
[3532] attribute highp vec3 vertexCoord;attribute highp vec2 textureCoord;varying highp vec2 uv;uniform highp mat4 vertexTransform;uniform highp mat3 textureTransform;void main()

{ uv = (textureTransform * vec3(textureCoord,1.0)).xy; gl_Position = vertexTransform * vec4(vertexCoord,1.0);}

[3532] ***
[3532] QOpenGLShader::compile(Fragment): 0:5(1): error: syntax error, unexpected $undefined
[3532]
[3532] *** Problematic Fragment shader source code ***
[3532] #define lowp
[3532] #define mediump
[3532] #define highp
[3532] #line 1
[3532] varying highp vec2 uv;uniform sampler2D textureSampler;uniform bool swizzle;uniform highp float opacity;void main()

{ highp vec4 tmpFragColor = texture2D(textureSampler,uv); tmpFragColor.a *= opacity; gl_FragColor = swizzle ? tmpFragColor.bgra : tmpFragColor;}

[3532] ***
[3532] QOpenGLShader::compile(Vertex): 0:5(1): error: syntax error, unexpected $undefined
[3532]
[3532] *** Problematic Vertex shader source code ***
[3532] #define lowp
[3532] #define mediump
[3532] #define highp
[3532] #line 1
[3532] uniform highp mat4 qt_Matrix;
[3532]
[3532] attribute highp vec4 qt_VertexPosition;
[3532] attribute highp vec2 qt_VertexTexCoord;
[3532]
[3532] varying highp vec2 qt_TexCoord;
[3532]
[3532] attribute highp float _qt_order;
[3532] uniform highp float _qt_zRange;
[3532] void main()
[3532]

{ [3532] qt_TexCoord = qt_VertexTexCoord; [3532] gl_Position = qt_Matrix * qt_VertexPosition; [3532] gl_Position.z = (gl_Position.z * _qt_zRange + _qt_order) * gl_Position.w; [3532] }

[3532] ***
[3532] QOpenGLShader::compile(Fragment): 0:5(1): error: syntax error, unexpected $undefined
[3532]
[3532] *** Problematic Fragment shader source code ***
[3532] #define lowp
[3532] #define mediump
[3532] #define highp
[3532] #line 1
[3532] varying highp vec2 qt_TexCoord;
[3532]
[3532] uniform sampler2D qt_Texture;
[3532]
[3532] void main()
[3532]

{ [3532] gl_FragColor = texture2D(qt_Texture, qt_TexCoord); [3532] }

[3532] ***
[3532] QOpenGLShader::compile(Vertex): 0:5(1): error: syntax error, unexpected $undefined
[3532]
[3532] *** Problematic Vertex shader source code ***
[3532] #define lowp
[3532] #define mediump
[3532] #define highp
[3532] #line 1
[3532] attribute highp vec4 vCoord;
[3532] uniform highp mat4 matrix;
[3532]
[3532] attribute highp float _qt_order;
[3532] uniform highp float _qt_zRange;
[3532] void main()
[3532]

{ [3532] gl_Position = matrix * vCoord; [3532] gl_Position.z = (gl_Position.z * _qt_zRange + _qt_order) * gl_Position.w; [3532] }

[3532]
[3532] ***
[3532] QOpenGLShader::compile(Fragment): 0:5(1): error: syntax error, unexpected $undefined
[3532]
[3532] *** Problematic Fragment shader source code ***
[3532] #define lowp
[3532] #define mediump
[3532] #define highp
[3532] #line 1
[3532] uniform lowp vec4 color;
[3532]
[3532] void main()
[3532]

{ [3532] gl_FragColor = color; [3532] }

[3532] ***