[PATCH net v2] net: usb: cdc_ncm: add Apple Silicon MacBook Air (05ac:1903) device ID

From: Divyanshu Jha

Date: Sat Oct 24 2026 - 08:21:53 EST


The Apple Silicon MacBook Air exposes a CDC-NCM interface (05ac:1903)
when connected host-to-host over USB-C.

The device tested is an Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, M1, 2020), Model A2337
(MacBookAir10,1) with an Apple M1 chip. Unlike
commit a5148bc2fa27 ("net: usb: cdc_ncm: add Apple Mac USB-C direct networking quirk")
which hypothesized all Apple Silicon Macs share PID 0x1905 ("Mac"), this
M1 MacBook Air exposes PID 0x1903 with iProduct string "MacBook Air".

Like other Apple CDC-NCM peripherals (0x1902 and 0x1905), Apple's
firmware omits the CDC status interrupt endpoint. This causes the
standard cdc_ncm probe to fail with a missing endpoint error:

cdc_ncm 1-7:1.0: bind() failure
cdc_ncm: probe of 1-7:1.0 failed with error -22

Add device ID 05ac:1903 to cdc_devs binding to
apple_private_interface_info so the driver bypasses the interrupt
check and initializes host-to-host networking successfully:

cdc_ncm 1-7:1.0 usb0: register 'cdc_ncm' at usb-...,
CDC NCM (Apple Private), ...

Relevant 'lsusb -v' descriptor output:

Device Descriptor:
bcdUSB 2.10
idVendor 0x05ac Apple, Inc.
idProduct 0x1903 MacBook Air
bcdDevice 10.01
iManufacturer 1 Apple Inc.
iProduct 2 MacBook Air
Configuration Descriptor:
Interface Descriptor:
bInterfaceNumber 0
bInterfaceClass 2 Communications
bInterfaceSubClass 13 CDC NCM
bNumEndpoints 0
Interface Descriptor:
bInterfaceNumber 1
bInterfaceClass 10 CDC Data
bNumEndpoints 2
Interface Descriptor:
bInterfaceNumber 2
bInterfaceClass 2 Communications
bInterfaceSubClass 13 CDC NCM
bNumEndpoints 0
Interface Descriptor:
bInterfaceNumber 3
bInterfaceClass 10 CDC Data
bNumEndpoints 2

Reviewed-by: Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Divyanshu Jha <divyanshuj2006@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v1 -> v2:
- Retarget from net-next to net.
- Clarify hardware model (MacBook Air M1 2020, A2337) and contrast with
commit a5148bc2fa27.
- Add 'lsusb -v' descriptor output and dmesg failure/success logs.
- Fix typo in commit message: cdc_ncm_devs -> cdc_devs.
- Add Reviewed-by tag from Nicolai Buchwitz.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20261023070419.235361-1-divyanshuj2006@xxxxxxxxx/

drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
index 35db38cb3e4a..6848b9421137 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
@@ -2019,6 +2019,12 @@ static const struct usb_device_id cdc_devs[] = {
{ USB_DEVICE_INTERFACE_NUMBER(0x05ac, 0x1902, 2),
.driver_info = (unsigned long)&apple_private_interface_info,
},
+ { USB_DEVICE_INTERFACE_NUMBER(0x05ac, 0x1903, 0),
+ .driver_info = (unsigned long)&apple_private_interface_info,
+ },
+ { USB_DEVICE_INTERFACE_NUMBER(0x05ac, 0x1903, 2),
+ .driver_info = (unsigned long)&apple_private_interface_info,
+ },
{ USB_DEVICE_INTERFACE_NUMBER(0x05ac, 0x1905, 0),
.driver_info = (unsigned long)&apple_private_interface_info,
},
--
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