Why does MATLAB crash on Linux with the error 'dlopen: cannot load any more object with static TLS'?

When I try starting MATLAB in my Linux machine , MATLAB crashes displaying the following error:

dlopen: cannot load any more object with static TLS

At times MATLAB actually starts, but crashes when I try to plot something, throwing the same error.  

Why is this happening?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This is a known issue when using MATLAB on some Linux systems with NVIDIA graphics cards. For more information and ways to prevent further crashes please refer to the following bug report:

https://www.mathworks.com/support/bugreports/1113424

[Walter Roberson]

See also https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/130558-why-do-i-receive-the-error-blas-loading-error-dlopen-cannot-load-any-more-object-with-static-tls which is probably not restricted to the product mentioned there; see https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/107654-using-matlab-2013b-getting-a-problem-when-using-etime-dlopen-cannot-load-any-more-object-with-stat