I have upgraded today to 2.6.26 via aptitude. I also get the same bug,
my USB MP3 Player (acts as USB Storage) isn't properly detected anymore.
Output of dmesg:
[ 54.952027] usb 2-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and
address 3
[ 55.085751] usb 2-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 55.089427] usb 2-5: New USB device found, idVendor=4102, idProduct=1023
[ 55.089430] usb 2-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
SerialNumber=0
[ 55.089433] usb 2-5: Product: iriver S10
[ 55.089434] usb 2-5: Manufacturer: iriver Limited
[ 56.213287] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
[ 56.217015] scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[ 56.217511] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 56.217516] USB Mass Storage support registered.
[ 56.220999] usb-storage: device found at 3
[ 56.221005] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[ 61.220143] usb-storage: device scan complete
[ 61.221371] scsi scan: INQUIRY result too short (5), using 36
[ 61.221377] scsi 4:0:0:0:
Direct-Access PQ: 0 ANSI: 0