diff --git a/lib_com/ivas_error.h b/lib_com/ivas_error.h
index 735086a7c14c79dc80e6b4d748155890738548db..b384e8dee563a9c33a470e806c116fecd0eb4fbd 100644
--- a/lib_com/ivas_error.h
+++ b/lib_com/ivas_error.h
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ typedef enum
     IVAS_ERR_ISM_FILE_READER_INVALID_METADATA_FORMAT,
     IVAS_ERR_ISM_INVALID_METADATA_VALUE,
     IVAS_ERR_INVALID_MASA_FORMAT_METADATA_FILE,
+#ifdef FIX_372_LIB_REND_VALIDATE_IO
+    IVAS_ERR_IO_CONFIG_PAIR_NOT_SUPPORTED,
+#endif
 #ifdef DEBUGGING
     IVAS_ERR_INVALID_FORCE_MODE,
 #ifdef DEBUG_AGC_ENCODER_CMD_OPTION
@@ -145,18 +148,7 @@ typedef enum
 
 static inline const char *ivas_error_to_string( ivas_error error_code )
 {
-    /* For error categories that are likely to still have many changes to
-     * specific error codes, return one string per category */
-    if ( ( error_code & 0xF000 ) == 0x1000 )
-    {
-        return "API error";
-    }
-    if ( ( error_code & 0xF000 ) == 0x2000 )
-    {
-        return "data error";
-    }
-
-    /* For categories that are unlikely to change, use more specific strings */
+    /* Try to match to a specific string */
     switch ( error_code )
     {
         case IVAS_ERR_OK:
@@ -179,6 +171,10 @@ static inline const char *ivas_error_to_string( ivas_error error_code )
             return "Wrong number of channels";
         case IVAS_ERR_INVALID_BUFFER_SIZE:
             return "Invalid buffer size";
+#ifdef FIX_372_LIB_REND_VALIDATE_IO
+        case IVAS_ERR_IO_CONFIG_PAIR_NOT_SUPPORTED:
+            return "Unsupported input/output config pair";
+#endif
         case IVAS_ERR_FAILED_FILE_OPEN:
             return "File open error";
         case IVAS_ERR_FAILED_FILE_WRITE:
@@ -193,6 +189,17 @@ static inline const char *ivas_error_to_string( ivas_error error_code )
             break;
     }
 
+    /* For error categories that are likely to still have many changes to
+     * specific error codes, return one string per category */
+    if ( ( error_code & 0xF000 ) == 0x1000 )
+    {
+        return "API error";
+    }
+    if ( ( error_code & 0xF000 ) == 0x2000 )
+    {
+        return "data error";
+    }
+
     return "Unknown error";
 }
 
diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 5fd4b3d2a6723053649c06f5ce171ecd02e29503..940d3857fad75229f517ff78fc4d663237851ce3 100755
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@
 #define ISM_HIGHEST_BITRATE                             /* VA: Issue 284: Update highest bitrate limit in ISM format */
 #define TUNE_360_OBJECT_WITH_NOISE                      /* VA: issue 360: consider objects being speech+noise for active speech coding */
 #define FIX_350_MASA_DELAY_COMP                         /* Nokia: Issue 350: MASA audio/meta delay compensation */
+#define FIX_372_LIB_REND_VALIDATE_IO                    /* FhG: Issue 372: IVAS_rend segfaults with unsupported I/O configs - add validation checks of I/O config */
 
 /* ################## End DEVELOPMENT switches ######################### */
 /* clang-format on */
diff --git a/lib_rend/lib_rend.c b/lib_rend/lib_rend.c
index d0e33a2d83849a6c66c6f2e41f75bece79ff3b04..8a4807c8fc6decad9b635a896b09850ac67b8b69 100644
--- a/lib_rend/lib_rend.c
+++ b/lib_rend/lib_rend.c
@@ -1050,6 +1050,21 @@ static CREND_WRAPPER defaultCrendWrapper(
     return w;
 }
 
+#ifdef FIX_372_LIB_REND_VALIDATE_IO
+static bool isIoConfigPairSupported( IVAS_REND_AudioConfig inConfig, IVAS_REND_AudioConfig outConfig )
+{
+    /* Rendering mono or stereo to binaural is not supported */
+    if ( ( inConfig == IVAS_REND_AUDIO_CONFIG_MONO || inConfig == IVAS_REND_AUDIO_CONFIG_STEREO ) &&
+         getAudioConfigType( outConfig ) == IVAS_REND_AUDIO_CONFIG_TYPE_BINAURAL )
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* If not returned so far, config pair is supported */
+    return true;
+}
+#endif
+
 static ivas_error setRendInputActiveIsm(
     void *input,
     const IVAS_REND_AudioConfig inConfig,
@@ -1065,6 +1080,13 @@ static ivas_error setRendInputActiveIsm(
     rendCtx = inputIsm->base.ctx;
     outConfig = *rendCtx.pOutConfig;
 
+#ifdef FIX_372_LIB_REND_VALIDATE_IO
+    if ( !isIoConfigPairSupported( inConfig, outConfig ) )
+    {
+        return IVAS_ERR_IO_CONFIG_PAIR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
+    }
+#endif
+
     initRendInputBase( &inputIsm->base, inConfig, id, rendCtx );
 
     inputIsm->currentPos = defaultObjectPosition();
@@ -1956,6 +1978,13 @@ static ivas_error setRendInputActiveMc(
     rendCtx = inputMc->base.ctx;
     outConfig = *rendCtx.pOutConfig;
 
+#ifdef FIX_372_LIB_REND_VALIDATE_IO
+    if ( !isIoConfigPairSupported( inConfig, outConfig ) )
+    {
+        return IVAS_ERR_IO_CONFIG_PAIR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
+    }
+#endif
+
     initRendInputBase( &inputMc->base, inConfig, id, rendCtx );
     setZeroPanMatrix( inputMc->panGains );
     inputMc->customLsInput = defaultCustomLs();
@@ -2216,6 +2245,13 @@ static ivas_error setRendInputActiveSba(
     rendCtx = inputSba->base.ctx;
     outConfig = *rendCtx.pOutConfig;
 
+#ifdef FIX_372_LIB_REND_VALIDATE_IO
+    if ( !isIoConfigPairSupported( inConfig, outConfig ) )
+    {
+        return IVAS_ERR_IO_CONFIG_PAIR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
+    }
+#endif
+
     initRendInputBase( &inputSba->base, inConfig, id, rendCtx );
     setZeroPanMatrix( inputSba->hoaDecMtx );
 #ifdef FIX_197_CREND_INTERFACE
@@ -2618,6 +2654,13 @@ static ivas_error setRendInputActiveMasa(
     outConfig = *rendCtx.pOutConfig;
     (void) hRendCfg; /* Suppress warning */
 
+#ifdef FIX_372_LIB_REND_VALIDATE_IO
+    if ( !isIoConfigPairSupported( inConfig, outConfig ) )
+    {
+        return IVAS_ERR_IO_CONFIG_PAIR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
+    }
+#endif
+
     initRendInputBase( &inputMasa->base, inConfig, id, rendCtx );
 
     if ( ( error = getAudioConfigNumChannels( inConfig, &numInChannels ) ) != IVAS_ERR_OK )