Minecraft Linux fullscreen issue

When switching in and out of fullscreen mode, using the fullscreen button in the options menu and pressing F11, the game creates a weird graphic issue over the entire screen and renders the game unplayable. You can't exit from the game nor try to get it working again. Everytime it has happened, I have to restart my computer manually. It happens with or without a custom texture pack, and both on singleplayer and multiplayer.