Broken Nebula Digitv (DVB-t) USB module

Binary package hint: linux-source-2.6.15

Attaching my Nebula Digitv USB DVB-t device causes my usb subsystem to crash. After some googling I think the issue is related to this thread:
http://linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2005-December/006911.html

Linux apollo 2.6.15-23-686 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu May 18 17:31:41 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux

Here is my /var/log/messages:

May 22 21:16:02 apollo kernel: [4295002.592000] usb 4-3.7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
May 22 21:16:02 apollo kernel: [4295002.677000] dvb-usb: found a 'Nebula Electronics uDigiTV DVB-T USB2.0)' in cold state, will try to load a firmwareMay 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-digitv-01.fw' to the 'Cypress FX2'
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] dvb-usb: Nebula Electronics uDigiTV DVB-T USB2.0) successfully initialized and connected.
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] e0cee865
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] PREEMPT SMP
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] Modules linked in: dvb_usb_digitv nxt6000 mt352 dvb_usb dvb_pll dvb_core binfmt_misc rfcomm l2cap bluetooth ppdev parport_pc lp parport speedstep_centrino cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_stats freq_table cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_conservative video tc1100_wmi sony_acpi pcc_acpi hotkey dev_acpi container button acpi_sbs battery ac i2c_acpi_ec i2c_core ipv6 nls_utf8 ntfs dm_mod md_mod af_packet joydev pcmcia b44 bcm43xx mii psmouse ieee80211softmac ieee80211 ieee80211_crypt serio_raw snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec snd_ac97_bus snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core snd pcspkr soundcore rtc snd_page_alloc intel_agp agpgart shpchp pci_hotplug sg sd_mod evdev tsdev usb_storage scsi_mod usbhid ext3 jbd ide_generic ohci1394 ieee1394 ehci_hcd uhci_hcd usbcore ide_cd cdrom ide_disk piix generic thermal processor fan capability commoncap vga16fb vgastate fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] CPU: 0
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] EIP: 0060:[pg0+545888357/1069192192] Not tainted VLI
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] EFLAGS: 00010282 (2.6.15-23-686)
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] EIP is at dvb_usb_generic_rw+0x25/0x1c0 [dvb_usb]
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] eax: 00000007 ebx: 00000007 ecx: 00000000 edx: debe7dad
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] esi: 00000000 edi: 00000000 ebp: 00000007 esp: debe7d4c
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] Process khubd (pid: 1853, threadinfo=debe6000 task=debb9030)
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] Stack: 30303539 34302e33 30303038 0000205d 00000000 e0d28000 debe7d87 e0cee1af
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] debe7da6 0000000a 00000000 00000000 e0cf410e 00000000 debe7dad 00000007
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] debe7da6 00000007 0000000a 00000000 00000008 e0cf45d4 00000002 00000000
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] Call Trace:
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] [pg0+545886639/1069192192] usb_cypress_load_firmware+0x14f/0x220 [dvb_usb]
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] [pg0+545911054/1069192192] digitv_ctrl_msg+0x10e/0x140 [dvb_usb_digitv]
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] [pg0+545912052/1069192192] digitv_probe+0x74/0xb5 [dvb_usb_digitv]
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] [pg0+541593810/1069192192] usb_probe_interface+0x72/0xa0 [usbcore]
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] [driver_probe_device+84/240] driver_probe_device+0x54/0xf0
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] [__device_attach+0/16] __device_attach+0x0/0x10
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] [bus_for_each_drv+93/128] bus_for_each_drv+0x5d/0x80
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] [device_attach+99/112] device_attach+0x63/0x70
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] [__device_attach+0/16] __device_attach+0x0/0x10
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] [bus_add_device+53/208] bus_add_device+0x35/0xd0
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] [device_pm_add+81/144] device_pm_add+0x51/0x90
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] [device_add+295/416] device_add+0x127/0x1a0
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] [pg0+541632123/1069192192] usb_set_configuration+0x29b/0x4f0 [usbcore]
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] [pg0+541606131/1069192192] usb_new_device+0x133/0x1d0 [usbcore]
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] [pg0+541611200/1069192192] hub_port_connect_change+0x360/0x410 [usbcore]
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] [pg0+541612187/1069192192] hub_events+0x32b/0x4c0 [usbcore]
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] [autoremove_wake_function+0/96] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x60
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] [pg0+541612592/1069192192] hub_thread+0x0/0xe0 [usbcore]
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] [pg0+541612613/1069192192] hub_thread+0x15/0xe0 [usbcore]
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] [autoremove_wake_function+0/96] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x60
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] [kthread+200/208] kthread+0xc8/0xd0
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] [kthread+0/208] kthread+0x0/0xd0
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] [kernel_thread_helper+5/16] kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0x10
May 22 21:16:03 apollo kernel: [4295003.048000] Code: c3 90 90 90 90 90 83 ec 30 89 74 24 24 8b 74 24 34 89 5c 24 20 8b 54 24 38 89 6c 24 2c 0f b7 5c 24 3c 89 7c 24 28 0f b7 6c 24 44 <8b> 46 48 85 c0 0f 84 b8 00 00 00 85 d2 74 04 85 db 75 1b bf ea

And the lsmod:
Module Size Used by
dvb_usb_digitv 7460 0
nxt6000 8548 1 dvb_usb_digitv
mt352 7236 1 dvb_usb_digitv
dvb_usb 20104 1 dvb_usb_digitv
dvb_pll 11044 2 dvb_usb_digitv,dvb_usb
dvb_core 88392 1 dvb_usb
binfmt_misc 13064 1
rfcomm 43604 0
l2cap 28192 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 54084 4 rfcomm,l2cap
ppdev 9668 0
parport_pc 37988 0
lp 12356 0
parport 39400 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
speedstep_centrino 8752 1
cpufreq_userspace 6496 1
cpufreq_stats 6688 0
freq_table 4928 2 speedstep_centrino,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave 1920 0
cpufreq_ondemand 7752 0
cpufreq_conservative 9000 0
video 16324 0
tc1100_wmi 6884 0
sony_acpi 5580 0
pcc_acpi 12416 0
hotkey 11492 0
dev_acpi 11236 0
container 4608 0
button 6704 0
acpi_sbs 20172 0
battery 9988 1 acpi_sbs
ac 5220 1 acpi_sbs
i2c_acpi_ec 5120 1 acpi_sbs
i2c_core 22848 4 nxt6000,mt352,dvb_usb,i2c_acpi_ec
ipv6 286912 22
nls_utf8 2240 1
ntfs 111728 1
dm_mod 63256 1
md_mod 76052 0
af_packet 24520 4
joydev 10432 0
pcmcia 41948 0
b44 27980 0
bcm43xx 141868 0
mii 6176 1 b44
psmouse 40036 0
ieee80211softmac 31584 1 bcm43xx
ieee80211 38920 2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac
ieee80211_crypt 6528 1 ieee80211
serio_raw 7748 0
snd_intel8x0 35740 2
snd_ac97_codec 99808 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 2400 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 56448 0
snd_mixer_oss 20544 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 96676 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 26884 1 snd_pcm
yenta_socket 30124 1
rsrc_nonstatic 14624 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 45272 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
snd 60004 10 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
pcspkr 2244 0
soundcore 10784 1 snd
rtc 14068 0
snd_page_alloc 11304 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
intel_agp 24700 1
agpgart 36784 1 intel_agp
shpchp 49504 0
pci_hotplug 30788 1 shpchp
sg 40096 0
sd_mod 20448 2
evdev 10176 2
tsdev 8032 0
usb_storage 79488 2
scsi_mod 145960 3 sg,sd_mod,usb_storage
usbhid 40992 0
ext3 148104 3
jbd 65876 1 ext3
ide_generic 1504 0
ohci1394 37524 0
ieee1394 306520 1 ohci1394
ehci_hcd 33800 0
uhci_hcd 35408 0
usbcore 137700 7 dvb_usb_digitv,dvb_usb,usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
ide_cd 35780 0
cdrom 41408 1 ide_cd
ide_disk 19200 4
piix 11652 1
generic 5124 0
thermal 13768 0
processor 26344 2 speedstep_centrino,thermal
fan 4836 0
capability 4968 0
commoncap 7328 1 capability
vga16fb 13992 1
vgastate 10208 1 vga16fb
fbcon 43904 72
tileblit 2784 1 fbcon
font 8320 1 fbcon
bitblit 6464 1 fbcon
softcursor 2304 1 bitblit