From fad877ab26eae3cfa322555fb2f545a0e9a85669 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Liam Girdwood <liam.r.girdwood@linux.intel.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:31:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] idc: clear task pointer after free on prepare error

On task init failure the task allocation was freed but the pointer left
set, allowing a later free path to free it again. Clear the pointer
after freeing.

Signed-off-by: Liam Girdwood <liam.r.girdwood@linux.intel.com>
---
 src/idc/idc.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/idc/idc.c b/src/idc/idc.c
index bafa44299073..65c614896dd7 100644
--- a/src/idc/idc.c
+++ b/src/idc/idc.c
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ static int idc_prepare(uint32_t comp_id)
 					    dev->ipc_config.core, 0);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			sof_heap_free(dev->drv->user_heap, dev->task);
+			dev->task = NULL;
 			goto out;
 		}
 	}