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After I updated packages: gnupg gpgv libgcrypt11 libtiff5 (on Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS Linux version 3.13.0-48-generic) and then did an apt-get autoremove which removed: 

linux-headers-3.13.0-46 
linux-headers-3.13.0-46-generic
linux-image-3.13.0-46-generic
linux-image-extra-3.13.0-46-generic

I got this error: 

The link /vmlinuz.old is a damaged link
Removing symbolic link vmlinuz.old
 you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub]
The link /initrd.img.old is a damaged link
Removing symbolic link initrd.img.old
 you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub]

I searched and found this answer by @EliahKagan

But I also get this kernel message:

Apr  2 21:00:45 xxx kernel: [461903.735942] grub-mount[14246]: segfault at 0 ip 00007f725626da03 sp 00007fff8793d5f0 error 4 in libfuse.so.2.9.2[7f7256256000+28000]

My concern is can I reboot and will everything be ok (no need to update grub) and what about this error 4 in libfuse, how do I fix it?

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The "damaged link" warnings are not dangerous. They appear because you manually removed the older kernel version they pointed at, so now the links have no target any more. Their only purpose is to allow the system to fall back to the previous kernel version automatically if the last update failed or is not compatible. But as the linked files got deleted by your autoremove, it is right that the links got deleted.

When you run sudo update-grub now again, you will see that there is no warning any more.

The kernel message is unrelated and is another question altogether.

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