MATLAB: Does MATLAB crash when plotting in Linux with Nvidia drivers

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MATLAB crashes when I try creating plots with the crash log below. Why is this happening?
Stack Trace (from fault):
[  0] 0x00007f9b156558fa                          /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6+00686330 _ZSt28_Rb_tree_rebalance_for_erasePSt18_Rb_tree_node_baseRS_+00000474
[  1] 0x00007f98ec185ca4   /opt/matlab/R2016b/bin/glnxa64/libmwosgserver.so+02296996
[  2] 0x00007f98ee7b6f6c /opt/matlab/R2016b/bin/glnxa64/libmwhandle_graphics.so+21462892 _ZN2hg16CompositeCommand7executeEPNS_23CommandExecutionContextE+00000044
[  3] 0x00007f98ec1905e1   /opt/matlab/R2016b/bin/glnxa64/libmwosgserver.so+02340321 _ZN2hg19OsgSceneServerProxy14executeCommandEiPNS_7CommandE+00000033
[  4] 0x00007f9abcce212e      /opt/matlab/R2016b/bin/glnxa64/libnativehg.so+00045358 Java_com_mathworks_hg_peer_JavaSceneServerPeer_doExecuteCommand+00000030
[  5] 0x00007f9ad79bdd98                                   <unknown-module>+00000000
[  6] 0x00007f9ad79b1058                                   <unknown-module>+00000000
[  7] 0x00007f9ad79b1706                                   <unknown-module>+00000000
[  8] 0x00007f9ad7fa4224                                   <unknown-module>+00000000

Best Answer

This crash is caused by a bug in the NVidia Linux drivers. NVIDIA is reporting and we have confirmed that the crash is addressed by their 396.24 driver release. The driver can be found here: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/133859/
A temporary workaround is to start MATLAB with the "-softwareopengl" flag. See this documentation for further details.
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