WTF: patch "[PATCH] drm: nouveau: Replace sprintf() with sysfs_emit()" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 6.18-stable tree?

WTF: patch "[PATCH] drm: nouveau: Replace sprintf() with sysfs_emit()" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 6.18-stable tree?

[gregkh]

The patch below was submitted to be applied to the 6.18-stable tree.

I fail to see how this patch meets the stable kernel rules as found at
Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst.

I could be totally wrong, and if so, please respond to 
<stable@vger.kernel.org> and let me know why this patch should be
applied.  Otherwise, it is now dropped from my patch queues, never to be
seen again.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 979e2ec58de2b600955b8290d1df549e33d67347 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Madhur Kumar <madhurkumar004@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 14:48:04 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] drm: nouveau: Replace sprintf() with sysfs_emit()

Replace sprintf() calls with sysfs_emit() to follow current kernel
coding standards.

sysfs_emit() is the preferred method for formatting sysfs output as it
provides better bounds checking and is more secure.

Signed-off-by: Madhur Kumar <madhurkumar004@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251205091804.317801-1-madhurkumar004@gmail.com
Fixes: 11b7d895216f ("drm/nouveau/pm: manual pwm fanspeed management for nv40+ boards")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v3.3+

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_hwmon.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_hwmon.c
index 5c07a9ee8b77..34effe6d86ad 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_hwmon.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_hwmon.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ nouveau_hwmon_get_pwm1_max(struct device *d,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	return sprintf(buf, "%i\n", ret);
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%i\n", ret);
 }
 
 static ssize_t
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ nouveau_hwmon_get_pwm1_min(struct device *d,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	return sprintf(buf, "%i\n", ret);
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%i\n", ret);
 }
 
 static ssize_t