System Information
Linux 3.13.0-36-generic #63-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 3 21:30:07 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8534
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 45
Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
I/O ports at f000 [size=64]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: i915

Blender Version
Worked: 2.71
Broken: Blender 2.72 (sub 0)
build date: 2014-09-23
build time: 20:14:19
build commit date: 2014-09-23
build commit time: 18:40
build hash: eb464ee
build platform: Linux:64bit
build type: Release
build c flags: -DWITH_FREESTYLE -pipe -fPIC -funsigned-char -fno-strict-aliasing -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -fopenmp -DNDEBUG -O2 -msse -msse2 -DWITH_MOD_FLUID -DWITH_MOD_OCEANSIM -DLITTLE_ENDIAN -DWITH_AUDASPACE -DWITH_AVI -DWITH_OPENNL -DHAVE_STDBOOL_H
build c++ flags: -pipe -fPIC -funsigned-char -fno-strict-aliasing -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -fopenmp -fpermissive -DSTDC_CONSTANT_MACROS -DNDEBUG -O2 -msse -msse2 -DWITH_MOD_FLUID -DWITH_MOD_OCEANSIM -DLITTLE_ENDIAN__ -DWITH_AUDASPACE -DWITH_AVI -DWITH_OPENNL -DHAVE_STDBOOL_H
build link flags: -lrt
build system: SCons

Short description of error
blender crashes when user reselects an already selected object.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
When blender opens the start-up file, select default selected cube. Blender crashes with a segmentation fault. The same happens when reselecting any other selected object.