I believe this is because that broadcom-sta-dkms is run as root (thus created a crash file at /var/crash owned as root) but you tried to read it as a normal user? If it is the case then it's not crash but an error that you should run apport-kde as root in order to process that crash file.
** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apport in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1118167 Title: apport-kde crashed with PermissionError in thread_collect_info(): [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: '/var/crash/broadcom-sta- dkms.0.crash' Status in apport package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: crash after upgrade ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: apport-kde 2.8-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-4.9-generic 3.8.0-rc6 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-4-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportLog: ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Feb 7 17:15:24 2013 ExecutablePath: /usr/share/apport/apport-kde InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-31 (98 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.3 MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/share/apport/apport-kde ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/apport/apport-kde'] SourcePackage: apport Title: apport-kde crashed with PermissionError in thread_collect_info(): [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: '/var/crash/broadcom-sta-dkms.0.crash' UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1118167/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp