Comment # 4 on bug 1197477 from Josua Mayer

I do have a hint: There is an external USB-3.0 Hub with integrated ethernet
which is functional. Curiously it reports the exact same device id for the
network interface, yet rather than cdc_ncm it binds to r8152!
So something, someone somewhere decides whether 0bda:8153 will use r8152 or not
...

Here is the dmesg and lsusb:
Bus 004 Device 005: ID 0bda:8153 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8153 Gigabit
Ethernet Adapter
Bus 004 Device 004: ID 0bda:0411 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Hub
Bus 003 Device 018: ID 177a:963d EXPSM USB Billboard Device
Bus 003 Device 017: ID 14cd:8608 Super Top Hub [Super Top]
Bus 003 Device 016: ID 0bda:5411 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5411 Hub

[17116.816821] usb 3-2: new high-speed USB device number 16 using xhci_hcd
[17116.978603] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=5411,
bcdDevice= 1.04
[17116.978614] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
SerialNumber=0
[17116.978618] usb 3-2: Product: 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub
[17116.978620] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: Generic
[17117.031926] hub 3-2:1.0: USB hub found
[17117.032700] hub 3-2:1.0: 4 ports detected
[17117.100988] usb 4-2: new SuperSpeed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
[17117.131142] usb 4-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=0411,
bcdDevice= 1.04
[17117.131147] usb 4-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
SerialNumber=0
[17117.131149] usb 4-2: Product: 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub
[17117.131150] usb 4-2: Manufacturer: Generic
[17117.162049] hub 4-2:1.0: USB hub found
[17117.162853] hub 4-2:1.0: 4 ports detected
[17117.384846] usb 3-2.1: new high-speed USB device number 17 using xhci_hcd
[17117.491410] usb 3-2.1: New USB device found, idVendor=14cd, idProduct=8608,
bcdDevice= 0.00
[17117.491421] usb 3-2.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=3,
SerialNumber=0
[17117.491426] usb 3-2.1: Product: USB 2.0 Hub            
[17117.491429] usb 3-2.1: Manufacturer: USB Device  
[17117.543917] hub 3-2.1:1.0: USB hub found
[17117.544159] hub 3-2.1:1.0: 4 ports detected
[17117.833034] usb 3-2.1.1: new full-speed USB device number 18 using xhci_hcd
[17117.964437] usb 3-2.1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=177a,
idProduct=963d, bcdDevice= 1.00
[17117.964447] usb 3-2.1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3,
SerialNumber=1
[17117.964451] usb 3-2.1.1: Product: Billboard Device
[17117.964453] usb 3-2.1.1: Manufacturer: EXPSM USB
[17117.964456] usb 3-2.1.1: SerialNumber: 0001
[17118.041000] input: EXPSM USB Billboard Device Keyboard as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:04:00.4/usb3/3-2/3-2.1/3-2.1.1/3-2.1.1:1.0/0003:177A:963D.0007/input/input27
[17118.101072] input: EXPSM USB Billboard Device Mouse as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:04:00.4/usb3/3-2/3-2.1/3-2.1.1/3-2.1.1:1.0/0003:177A:963D.0007/input/input28
[17118.102008] hid-generic 0003:177A:963D.0007: input,hiddev97,hidraw2: USB HID
v1.10 Keyboard [EXPSM USB Billboard Device] on usb-0000:04:00.4-2.1.1/input0
[17118.868896] usb 4-2.1: new SuperSpeed USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd
[17118.889602] usb 4-2.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8153,
bcdDevice=31.00
[17118.889619] usb 4-2.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
SerialNumber=6
[17118.889624] usb 4-2.1: Product: USB 10/100/1000 LAN
[17118.889627] usb 4-2.1: Manufacturer: Realtek
[17118.889630] usb 4-2.1: SerialNumber: 001000001
[17119.063644] usb 4-2.1: reset SuperSpeed USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd
[17119.112724] r8152 4-2.1:1.0: load rtl8153b-2 v1 10/23/19 successfully
[17119.145560] r8152 4-2.1:1.0 eth0: v1.12.12
[17119.730444] r8152 4-2.1:1.0 eth1: renamed from eth0
[17122.522891] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready
[17122.523399] r8152 4-2.1:1.0 eth1: carrier on