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dm-verity

dm-verity is a Linux device-mapper target that verifies a read-only block mapping against a trusted cryptographic root hash.

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Authentication of the root is external to ordinary block checking. Optional FEC repairs are checked against the hashes. [1]

Relations

related
merkle-tree, fs-verity, dm-integrity

Limitations

Citations

  1. Linux v6.12 documentation: dm-verity, parameters, failure policies and hash-tree format (accessed 2026-10-15)
  2. Hesela: Why a valid checksum can still return the wrong data (accessed 2026-10-15)

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