Reports have started popping up regarding a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) after applying MS14-045 to Windows 7 systems. If you are seeing issues please go to this Microsoft forum post and let them know. Microsoft MVP Susan Bradley and others have started a support case with Microsoft and are asking for anyone else who sees these issues to let them know so they can collect all possible information in one place and help Microsoft quickly find and resolve this issue.

All is not doom and gloom, however. Many reports for members of PatchManagement.org (mailing list focused on patch management issues), have reported successful deployment of these updates. The Shavlik Content Team did not encounter the BSOD during our Patch Tuesday testing. LANDESK and Shavlik employees have not reported issues either. I personally deployed 11 updates including MS14-045 (KB2976897 and KB2982791) to my own Windows 7 x64 system on Wednesday morning without issue. So, while this is not an epidemic affecting all deployments of the Kernal-Mode Driver patch, it should prompt Admins to take a little extra time to test if possible.