I also have an affected machine, one works, one doesn't. The big difference between those is that one is running on virtual HDs, while the affected machine has a physical drive.
Also wanted to add that I still can reach the machine through network, I can also use the VMWare Toos to Shutdown/Restart the machine gracefully.
Also I sometimes got the Error "unable to connect to the mks: too many socket connect attempts", sometimes not.
In any case, thanks for the hint that downgrading to 14.1.2 solves the problem.