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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2023
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Jimin Ryu, Suwon-si, KR;
Yonghwan Song, Suwon-si, KR;
Jaegyu Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Dong-Min Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Byungjune Song, Suwon-si, KR;
Myeongjong Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Daejin Jung, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method for managing a replay protection memory block (RPMB) of a storage device includes allocating an RPMB master region managed separately from an RPMB region in which an RPMB key is stored in the RPMB of the storage device, programming a master key into the RPMB master region responsive to a request from a host, receiving a reset request for the RPMB region using the master key from the host, resetting the RPMB key in response to the reset request for the RPMB region, and receiving a reset lock request for the RPMB region from the host.