I have very similar issues with 4.4.0-116-generic #140-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 12 21:23:04 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux. Booting with the noibpb option does help and I am currently using it as a workaround.
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