Symptoms
Assume that filter drivers runs on a Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, or Windows Server 2012 R2-based Azure host. The filter driver performs a FltWriteFileEx function to write data to an open file without passing an optional Memory descriptor list (MDL). Then the Azure host crashes with a Stop error.
Resolution
To resolve this issue, install update rollup 2975719. For more information about how to obtain this update rollup package, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
2975719 August 2014 update rollup for Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2
Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
More Information
For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates
