System Information
Operating system: Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon 64-bit
Graphics card: Nvidia Geforce 760

Blender Version
Broken:
d59c4c9d61a

Blender crashes when try to select different object from weight paint mode

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
from factory settings
duplicate the default cube and place it near to the original one
switch to weight paint mode
alt + left click to select the other cube
blender crashes