mysql user identified via unix_socket and given full mysql privileges is receiving Error 'Could not create the upgrade info file '/var/lib/mysql/mysql_upgrade_info' in the MariaDB 'upon mysql_upgrade

 mysql_upgrade -u FF --force

Phase 1/7: Checking and upgrading mysql database

Processing databases

mysql

mysql.column_stats                                 OK

mysql.columns_priv                                 OK

mysql.db                                           OK

mysql.event                                        OK

mysql.func                                         OK

mysql.global_priv                                  OK

mysql.gtid_slave_pos                               OK

mysql.help_category                                OK

mysql.help_keyword                                 OK

mysql.help_relation                                OK

mysql.help_topic                                   OK

mysql.index_stats                                  OK

mysql.innodb_index_stats                           OK

mysql.innodb_table_stats                           OK

mysql.plugin                                       OK

mysql.proc                                         OK

mysql.procs_priv                                   OK

mysql.proxies_priv                                 OK

mysql.roles_mapping                                OK

mysql.servers                                      OK

mysql.table_stats                                  OK

mysql.tables_priv                                  OK

mysql.time_zone                                    OK

mysql.time_zone_leap_second                        OK

mysql.time_zone_name                               OK

mysql.time_zone_transition                         OK

mysql.time_zone_transition_type                    OK

mysql.transaction_registry                         OK

Phase 2/7: Installing used storage engines... Skipped

Phase 3/7: Fixing views

mysql.user                                         OK

Phase 4/7: Running 'mysql_fix_privilege_tables'

Phase 5/7: Fixing table and database names

Phase 6/7: Checking and upgrading tables

Processing databases

information_schema

performance_schema

rr

rr.a                                               OK

Phase 7/7: Running 'FLUSH PRIVILEGES'

OK

Could not create the upgrade info file '/var/lib/mysql/mysql_upgrade_info' in the MariaDB Servers datadir, errno: 13

MariaDB [(none)]> select * from mysql.user where User='FF' \G

*************************** 1. row ***************************

                  Host: %

                  User: FF

              Password:

           Select_priv: Y

           Insert_priv: Y

           Update_priv: Y

           Delete_priv: Y

           Create_priv: Y

             Drop_priv: Y

           Reload_priv: Y

         Shutdown_priv: Y

          Process_priv: Y

             File_priv: Y

            Grant_priv: Y

       References_priv: Y

            Index_priv: Y

            Alter_priv: Y

          Show_db_priv: Y

            Super_priv: Y

 Create_tmp_table_priv: Y

      Lock_tables_priv: Y

          Execute_priv: Y

       Repl_slave_priv: Y

      Repl_client_priv: Y

      Create_view_priv: Y

        Show_view_priv: Y

   Create_routine_priv: Y

    Alter_routine_priv: Y

      Create_user_priv: Y

            Event_priv: Y

          Trigger_priv: Y

Create_tablespace_priv: Y

   Delete_history_priv: Y

              ssl_type:

            ssl_cipher:

           x509_issuer:

          x509_subject:

         max_questions: 0

           max_updates: 0

       max_connections: 0

  max_user_connections: 0

                plugin: unix_socket

 authentication_string:

      password_expired: N

               is_role: N

          default_role:

    max_statement_time: 0.000000

1 row in set (0.001 sec)