general protection fault on boot

When booting up, a general protection fault occurs (see kern.log). This happens when I'm booting from kernel version 4.4.0. It never occur when I'm booting from 4.1.1. Furthermore, this problem does not always occur on every boot up (from version 4.4.0). It is intermittent.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: linux-image-4.4.0-59-generic 4.4.0-59.80~14.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-59.80~14.04.1-generic 4.4.35
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-59-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.23
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Jan 12 23:04:14 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-10 (489 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
SourcePackage: linux-lts-xenial
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)