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Misdirected write

A misdirected write stores an update at the wrong address or on the wrong device.

The original destination may remain stale while another location is overwritten; a valid checksum does not by itself bind returned data to the requested location.

Relations

related

lost-write, protection-information, parity-pollution

Citations

1. Bairavasundaram et al. An Analysis of Data Corruption in the Storage Stack. FAST 2008, sections 2-3 and 6. (accessed 2026-10-11)
2. Hesela: checksum, identity and freshness boundaries with executable synthetic examples (accessed 2026-10-11)

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