Re: [PATCH] MIPS: ptrace: Fix syscall skipping via PTRACE_SYSCALL

On Fri, Jul 17, 2026 at 01:27:31PM +0200, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote:
> If tracer wanted to skip a syscall return value was always
> overwritten with -ENOSYS. Fix this by checking against original
> syscall number and only return -ENOSYS, if it is negative.
> 
> Fixes: b6318a903d06 ("MIPS/ptrace: Pick up ptrace/seccomp changed syscalls")
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <[email protected]>
> ---
>  arch/mips/kernel/ptrace.c | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace.c
> index 3f4c94c88124..87102a03b6ea 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace.c
> @@ -1321,8 +1321,12 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request,
>   */
>  asmlinkage long syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  {
> +	long syscall;
> +
>  	user_exit();
>  
> +	syscall = current_thread_info()->syscall;
> +
>  	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)) {
>  		if (ptrace_report_syscall_entry(regs))
>  			return -1;
> @@ -1342,7 +1346,7 @@ asmlinkage long syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  	 * Negative syscall numbers are mistaken for rejected syscalls, but
>  	 * won't have had the return value set appropriately, so we do so now.
>  	 */
> -	if (current_thread_info()->syscall < 0)
> +	if (syscall < 0)
>  		syscall_set_return_value(current, regs, -ENOSYS, 0);
>  	return current_thread_info()->syscall;
>  }
> -- 
> 2.51.0

applied to mips-next

Thomas.

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