[PATCH] usb: cdc_acm: Add quirk for Uniden BC125AT scanner
From: Jared Baldridge
Date: Sat May 30 2026 - 18:26:14 EST
Uniden BC125AT radio scanner has a USB interface which fails to work
with the cdc_acm driver:
usb 1-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
cdc_acm 1-1:1.0: Zero length descriptor references
cdc_acm 1-1:1.0: probe with driver cdc_acm failed with error -22
usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_acm
Adding the NO_UNION_NORMAL quirk for the device fixes the issue:
usb 1-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
cdc_acm 1-1:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_acm
`lsusb -v` of the device:
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1965:0017 Uniden Corporation BC125AT
Negotiated speed: Full Speed (12Mbps)
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 2 Communications
bDeviceSubClass 0 [unknown]
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x1965 Uniden Corporation
idProduct 0x0017 BC125AT
bcdDevice 0.01
iManufacturer 1 Uniden America Corp.
iProduct 2 BC125AT
iSerial 3 0001
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 0x0030
bNumInterfaces 2
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x80
(Bus Powered)
MaxPower 500mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 2 Communications
bInterfaceSubClass 2 Abstract (modem)
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x87 EP 7 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0008 1x 8 bytes
bInterval 10
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 1
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 10 CDC Data
bInterfaceSubClass 0 [unknown]
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 0
Device Status: 0x0000
(Bus Powered)
Signed-off-by: Jared Baldridge <jrb@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c b/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
index ddf0b5963859..3cb372721282 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
@@ -1810,6 +1810,9 @@ static const struct usb_device_id acm_ids[] = {
{ USB_DEVICE(0x1901, 0x0006), /* GE Healthcare Patient Monitor UI Controller */
.driver_info = DISABLE_ECHO, /* DISABLE ECHO in termios flag */
},
+ { USB_DEVICE(0x1965, 0x0017), /* Uniden BC125AT */
+ .driver_info = NO_UNION_NORMAL, /* has no union descriptor */
+ },
{ USB_DEVICE(0x1965, 0x0018), /* Uniden UBC125XLT */
.driver_info = NO_UNION_NORMAL, /* has no union descriptor */
},
--
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