SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/gdb from 'write' accesses on the directory /usr/share/glib-2.0/gdb. ***** Plugin catchall_labels (83.8 confidence) suggests ******************** If you want to allow gdb to have write access on the gdb directory Then you need to change the label on /usr/share/glib-2.0/gdb Do # semanage fcontext -a -t FILE_TYPE '/usr/share/glib-2.0/gdb' where FILE_TYPE is one of the following: tmp_t, var_t, var_spool_t, sosreport_tmp_t, abrt_tmp_t, var_run_t, rpm_var_cache_t, abrt_var_cache_t, var_log_t, abrt_var_log_t, rpm_var_run_t, abrt_var_run_t, root_t. Then execute: restorecon -v '/usr/share/glib-2.0/gdb' ***** Plugin catchall (17.1 confidence) suggests *************************** If you believe that gdb should be allowed write access on the gdb directory by default. Then you should report this as a bug. You can generate a local policy module to allow this access. Do allow this access for now by executing: # grep /usr/bin/gdb /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M mypol # semodule -i mypol.pp Additional Information: Source Context system_u:system_r:abrt_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 Target Context system_u:object_r:usr_t:s0 Target Objects /usr/share/glib-2.0/gdb [ dir ] Source gdb Source Path /usr/bin/gdb Port <Unknown> Host (removed) Source RPM Packages gdb-7.2-26.fc14 Target RPM Packages glib2-devel-2.26.0-2.fc14 Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.9.7-18.fc14 Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted Enforcing Mode Enforcing Host Name (removed) Platform Linux (removed) 2.6.35.10-69.fc14.i686 #1 SMP Sun Dec 19 21:34:38 UTC 2010 i686 i686 Alert Count 2 First Seen Fri 24 Dec 2010 10:36:31 AM EST Last Seen Fri 24 Dec 2010 10:36:32 AM EST Local ID e85da482-747e-4a70-ba8f-e07ecdb527db Raw Audit Messages type=AVC msg=audit(1293204992.8:18432): avc: denied { write } for pid=15140 comm="gdb" name="gdb" dev=sda1 ino=508240 scontext=system_u:system_r:abrt_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:usr_t:s0 tclass=dir gdb,abrt_t,usr_t,dir,write type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1293204992.8:18432): arch=i386 syscall=open success=no exit=EACCES a0=bffc949b a1=82c1 a2=81a4 a3=bffca50b items=0 ppid=1235 pid=15140 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm=gdb exe=/usr/bin/gdb subj=system_u:system_r:abrt_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null) gdb,abrt_t,usr_t,dir,write #============= abrt_t ============== #!!!! The source type 'abrt_t' can write to a 'dir' of the following types: # tmp_t, var_t, var_spool_t, sosreport_tmp_t, abrt_tmp_t, var_run_t, rpm_var_cache_t, abrt_var_cache_t, var_log_t, abrt_var_log_t, rpm_var_run_t, abrt_var_run_t, root_t allow abrt_t usr_t:dir write;
Might be a coincidence, but at the time I was running abrt-gui via "su".
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 528554 ***