Comment # 15 on bug 1028966 from Richard Brown

(In reply to Oliver Neukum from comment #14)
> Testing with v4.11-rc2 -> adapter works

I can also confirm that the original reproduction steps no longer work on
Kernel 4.10.8 (Latest TW)

HOWEVER, this bug is not fixed, just less painful.

If I now boot up without any r8152 USB devices connected, then connect TWO
r8152 devices, plugging the ethernet cable into EITHER of them causes a kernel
panic as before

So while something has clearly improved in recent kernels, there's still
something buggy lurking in there.