MIPS64 needs to use compat_sys_keyctl for 32-bit userspace rather than calling sys_keyctl. The latter will work in a lot of cases, thereby hiding the issue. Reported-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S | 2 +- arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S index 9c0b387d6427..51d3988933f8 100644 --- a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S @@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ EXPORT(sysn32_call_table) PTR sys_ni_syscall /* available, was setaltroot */ PTR sys_add_key PTR sys_request_key - PTR sys_keyctl /* 6245 */ + PTR compat_sys_keyctl /* 6245 */ PTR sys_set_thread_area PTR sys_inotify_init PTR sys_inotify_add_watch diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S index f4f28b1580de..6efa7136748f 100644 --- a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S @@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ EXPORT(sys32_call_table) PTR sys_ni_syscall /* available, was setaltroot */ PTR sys_add_key /* 4280 */ PTR sys_request_key - PTR sys_keyctl + PTR compat_sys_keyctl PTR sys_set_thread_area PTR sys_inotify_init PTR sys_inotify_add_watch /* 4285 */