ASIX AX88179 USB Ethernet not detected after 17.2 → 17.3 update

[ssmith007-cst]

Describe the issue you are experiencing

Board: generic-x86-64
Working: HAOS 17.2 (slot A)
Broken: HAOS 17.3 (slot B)

USB Ethernet adapter:
Vendor ID: 0b95 (ASIX Electronics)
Product ID: 1790 (AX88179 USB 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet)
Interface: enp4s0f3u1c2
MAC: 6C:6E:07:2A:7B:5A

On 17.3: adapter completely absent from ha network info
and ha hardware info. No ethernet subsystem entries.
On 17.2: adapter detected correctly, primary: true.

Note: AX88179 had a previous regression in HAOS 8.5
(issue #2081) which was fixed. Appears 17.3 kernel
has reintroduced this.

What operating system image do you use?

generic-x86-64 (Generic UEFI capable x86-64 systems)

What version of Home Assistant Operating System is installed?

17.3

Did the problem occur after upgrading the Operating System?

Yes

Hardware details

Hardware: HP Envy laptop (bare metal)
Storage: SK Hynix BC501 NVMe SSD (HFM256GDJTNG)
Install type: Generic x86-64 UEFI

USB devices attached:

• ASIX AX88179 USB 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet adapter
  (VID: 0b95, PID: 1790, interface: enp4s0f3u1c2)
• Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus (Zigbee2MQTT)
• Realtek Bluetooth adapter (setup_retry state)

Network:

• Primary (17.2): enp4s0f3u1c2 (USB Ethernet, 192.168.1.108)
• Secondary: wlo1 (WiFi, 192.168.1.87)

Steps to reproduce the issue

1. Install or update to HAOS 17.3 on generic x86-64 hardware
2. Attach ASIX AX88179 USB Ethernet adapter (VID: 0b95, PID: 1790)
3. Run: ha network info
4. Run: ha hardware info | grep -i ethernet

Expected: Adapter appears as a connected ethernet interface (as it
does on HAOS 17.2)

Actual: Adapter is completely absent from both commands. No ethernet
interface detected. WiFi only.

Note: Rolling back to 17.2 via 'ha os boot-slot A' immediately
restores the adapter without any config changes, confirming this
is a 17.3 kernel regression. Previous identical regression
documented in issue #2081 (HAOS 8.5).

Anything in the Supervisor logs that might be useful for us?

No

Anything in the Host logs that might be useful for us?

No

System information

System Information

version	core-2026.5.0
installation_type	Home Assistant OS
dev	false
hassio	true
docker	true
container_arch	amd64
user	root
virtualenv	false
python_version	3.14.2
os_name	Linux
os_version	6.12.77-haos
arch	x86_64
timezone	Europe/London
config_dir	/config

Home Assistant Community Store

GitHub API	ok
GitHub Content	ok
GitHub Web	ok
HACS Data	ok
GitHub API Calls Remaining	5000
Installed Version	2.0.5
Stage	running
Available Repositories	2959
Downloaded Repositories	8

Home Assistant Cloud

logged_in	false
can_reach_cert_server	ok
can_reach_cloud_auth	ok
can_reach_cloud	ok

Home Assistant Supervisor

host_os	Home Assistant OS 17.2
update_channel	stable
supervisor_version	supervisor-2026.04.2
agent_version	1.8.1
docker_version	29.3.1
disk_total	234.0 GB
disk_used	9.4 GB
nameservers	192.168.1.254
healthy	true
supported	true
host_connectivity	true
supervisor_connectivity	true
ntp_synchronized	true
virtualization
board	generic-x86-64
supervisor_api	ok
version_api	ok
installed_addons	File editor (6.0.0), Advanced SSH & Web Terminal (23.0.9), Samba share (12.6.1), Tailscale (0.28.1), Mosquitto broker (7.1.0), Zigbee2MQTT (2.10.1-1), Ring-MQTT with Video Streaming (5.9.3), Matter Server (8.4.0)

Dashboards

dashboards	7
resources	3
views	5
mode	storage

Network Configuration

adapters	lo (disabled), wlo1 (disabled), enp4s0f3u1c2 (enabled, default, auto), docker0 (disabled), hassio (disabled), tailscale0 (disabled), veth6ffbd87 (disabled), veth0f4a89e (disabled), veth57f9f64 (disabled), vethbbea1e9 (disabled), vethb6559a5 (disabled), veth8cc6400 (disabled), veth238c101 (disabled)
ipv4_addresses	lo (127.0.0.1/8), wlo1 (192.168.1.87/24), enp4s0f3u1c2 (192.168.1.108/24), docker0 (172.30.232.1/23), hassio (172.30.32.1/23), tailscale0 (100.125.49.127/32), veth6ffbd87 (), veth0f4a89e (), veth57f9f64 (), vethbbea1e9 (), vethb6559a5 (), veth8cc6400 (), veth238c101 ()
ipv6_addresses	lo (::1/128), wlo1 (fe80::b53e:e5f7:6c1e:7ec9/64), enp4s0f3u1c2 (2a00:23c6:910f:5301::617/128, 2a00:23c6:910f:5301:164f:c05a:bb42:1c2f/64, fe80::4351:f62e:4e52:734b/64), docker0 (fe80::2413:b0ff:fee7:66bb/64), hassio (fd0c:ac1e:2100::1/48, fe80::d816:fdff:fe49:125c/64), tailscale0 (fd7a:115c:a1e0::e533:317f/128, fe80::bddf:ed59:6f3d:5f67/64), veth6ffbd87 (fe80::b06c:23ff:fe06:c398/64), veth0f4a89e (fe80::1465:a5ff:fef2:66d1/64), veth57f9f64 (fe80::f4b4:f8ff:fe7a:45f6/64), vethbbea1e9 (fe80::7463:8ff:fef7:afb1/64), vethb6559a5 (fe80::7851:10ff:fe44:19e3/64), veth8cc6400 (fe80::6403:5cff:fe96:24a6/64), veth238c101 (fe80::6068:ffff:feca:6a1f/64)
announce_addresses	192.168.1.108, 2a00:23c6:910f:5301::617, 2a00:23c6:910f:5301:164f:c05a:bb42:1c2f, fe80::4351:f62e:4e52:734b

Recorder

oldest_recorder_run	27 April 2026 at 22:39
current_recorder_run	8 May 2026 at 19:46
estimated_db_size	66.41 MiB
database_engine	sqlite
database_version	3.49.2

Additional information

No response