Experienced the same thing with 4.8.0-42-generic. Followed manual method at 
this link and it worked, substituting 4.8.0-42 for 3.16...
http://linuxbsdos.com/2014/12/06/how-to-upgrade-the-linux-mint-17-1-kernel-from-version-3-13-to-3-16/
I first tried other methods that removed lock files, but using "update manager" 
and "sudo apt-get install [-f]" always failed.

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  package linux-image-extra-4.8.0-41-generic (not installed) failed to
  install/upgrade: unable to create new file '/var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-
  image-extra-4.8.0-41-generic.list-new': Operation not permitted

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