I'm on Xubuntu 14.04, and experienced the same problem (after updating netlink, neither network interfaces showed up). Here's the update history:
============================================ apt history.log: ============================================ Start-Date: 2016-05-13 18:25:00 Commandline: aptdaemon role='role-commit-packages' sender=':1.69' Upgrade: libnl-genl-3-200:amd64 (3.2.21-1, 3.2.21-1ubuntu1), google-chrome-stable:amd64 (50.0.2661.94-1, 50.0.2661.102-1), flashplugin-installer:amd64 (11.2.202.616ubuntu0.14.04.1, 11.2.202.621ubuntu0.14.04.1), libnl-3-200:amd64 (3.2.21-1, 3.2.21-1ubuntu1), lsb-base:amd64 (4.1+Debian11ubuntu6, 4.1+Debian11ubuntu6.1), lsb-release:amd64 (4.1+Debian11ubuntu6, 4.1+Debian11ubuntu6.1), libnl-route-3-200:amd64 (3.2.21-1, 3.2.21-1ubuntu1) End-Date: 2016-05-13 18:25:41 ============================================ I followed the instructions here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/727127/last-upgrade-crashes-network-manager-no-internet-connection-no-applet to roll back the 3 libnl packages to the "3.2.21-1" versions, then restarted and the network is again operational. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1540092 Title: network-manager error because of update libnl-3-200 libnl-genl-3-200 libnl-route-3-200 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1540092/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs