RMongo installation fails with Segmentation Fault in Ubuntu

Question

I\'ve been for last couple of hours trying to install the RMongo package with the following output:

> install.packages(\"RMongo\")
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Answer 1

linux-image-3.13.0-121-generic and linux-image-4.4.0-81-generic contain 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.