In the recent Ubuntu 14.04 update, Kernel release 3.13.0-121-generic was installed. Since then, eclipse crashes at start. I had to manually roll back and to select 3.13.0-119-generic in grub to work around the problem. Some further information to this may be found on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44647525/eclipse-segmentation-fault
Update: I found this post: Eclipse Crashes with Linux Kernel 4.4.0-81-generic
Will there be included a patch by Ubuntu in a subsequent Ubuntu 14.04 update?
linux-image-3.13.0-121-generic contains a fix for the Stack Clash vulnerability.
Be careful with kernel updates, which fix this vulnerability. Current patch breaks many java (sun/oracle and openjdk) applications. See Bug #1699772: linux-image-4.4.0-81-generic, linux-image-3.13.0-121-generic Regression: many user-space apps crashing. The solution is to temporary reboot system with old kernel (linux-image-3.13.0-119-generic in Trusty).
Ubuntu kernel developers will prepare new patch in a few days.
UPDATE: Latest updates (at least image-4.4.0-83-generic, linux-image-4.8.0-58-generic, linux-image-4.10.0-26-generic) fix this vulnerability and problems with user-space programs.
