"passed" is a verb (in past tense), but the verb in this sentence (or clause,
as "occur" is also a verb in a different clause of the sentence) is "wraps".
"past" is, among other things, a preposition and it tells the position, with
respect to the object ("the maximum value"), where the verb (wrapping)
happens.
So "past" is correct, not "passed".
diff --git a/man2/times.2 b/man2/times.2
index e605feb6aae2..8d68efc4358c 100644
--- a/man2/times.2
+++ b/man2/times.2
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ A limitation of the Linux system call conventions on some architectures
(41 seconds) soon after boot when
.BR times ()
can return \-1, falsely indicating that an error occurred.
-The same problem can occur when the return value wraps passed
+The same problem can occur when the return value wraps past
the maximum value that can be stored in
.BR clock_t .
.\" The problem is that a syscall return of -4095 to -1
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