diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 979a0eef4..7df785724 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Rocksdb Change Log
 ## Unreleased
 ### New Features
+* Introduced a new option `block_protection_bytes_per_key`, which can be used to enable per key-value integrity protection for in-memory blocks in block cache (#11287).
 
 ## 8.2.0 (04/24/2023)
 ### Public API Changes
diff --git a/db/builder.cc b/db/builder.cc
index be1ec29bf..eadc315c9 100644
--- a/db/builder.cc
+++ b/db/builder.cc
@@ -380,7 +380,8 @@ Status BuildTable(
           MaxFileSizeForL0MetaPin(mutable_cf_options),
           /*smallest_compaction_key=*/nullptr,
           /*largest_compaction_key*/ nullptr,
-          /*allow_unprepared_value*/ false));
+          /*allow_unprepared_value*/ false,
+          mutable_cf_options.block_protection_bytes_per_key));
       s = it->status();
       if (s.ok() && paranoid_file_checks) {
         OutputValidator file_validator(tboptions.internal_comparator,
diff --git a/db/column_family.cc b/db/column_family.cc
index 24ea46ac4..0b3fe6807 100644
--- a/db/column_family.cc
+++ b/db/column_family.cc
@@ -1428,6 +1428,12 @@ Status ColumnFamilyData::ValidateOptions(
         "Memtable per key-value checksum protection only supports 0, 1, 2, 4 "
         "or 8 bytes per key.");
   }
+  if (std::find(supported.begin(), supported.end(),
+                cf_options.block_protection_bytes_per_key) == supported.end()) {
+    return Status::NotSupported(
+        "Block per key-value checksum protection only supports 0, 1, 2, 4 "
+        "or 8 bytes per key.");
+  }
   return s;
 }
 
diff --git a/db/compaction/compaction_job.cc b/db/compaction/compaction_job.cc
index 8a326a508..ed152f28c 100644
--- a/db/compaction/compaction_job.cc
+++ b/db/compaction/compaction_job.cc
@@ -504,7 +504,9 @@ void CompactionJob::GenSubcompactionBoundaries() {
         FileMetaData* f = flevel->files[i].file_metadata;
         std::vector<TableReader::Anchor> my_anchors;
         Status s = cfd->table_cache()->ApproximateKeyAnchors(
-            read_options, icomp, *f, my_anchors);
+            read_options, icomp, *f,
+            c->mutable_cf_options()->block_protection_bytes_per_key,
+            my_anchors);
         if (!s.ok() || my_anchors.empty()) {
           my_anchors.emplace_back(f->largest.user_key(), f->fd.GetFileSize());
         }
@@ -735,7 +737,9 @@ Status CompactionJob::Run() {
                 *compact_->compaction->mutable_cf_options()),
             /*smallest_compaction_key=*/nullptr,
             /*largest_compaction_key=*/nullptr,
-            /*allow_unprepared_value=*/false);
+            /*allow_unprepared_value=*/false,
+            compact_->compaction->mutable_cf_options()
+                ->block_protection_bytes_per_key);
         auto s = iter->status();
 
         if (s.ok() && paranoid_file_checks_) {
diff --git a/db/compaction/compaction_job_test.cc b/db/compaction/compaction_job_test.cc
index 9c5784d5e..79f8e5fd5 100644
--- a/db/compaction/compaction_job_test.cc
+++ b/db/compaction/compaction_job_test.cc
@@ -454,7 +454,8 @@ class CompactionJobTestBase : public testing::Test {
       Status s = cf_options_.table_factory->NewTableReader(
           read_opts,
           TableReaderOptions(*cfd->ioptions(), nullptr, FileOptions(),
-                             cfd_->internal_comparator()),
+                             cfd_->internal_comparator(),
+                             0 /* block_protection_bytes_per_key */),
           std::move(freader), file_size, &table_reader, false);
       ASSERT_OK(s);
       assert(table_reader);
diff --git a/db/convenience.cc b/db/convenience.cc
index 8ab7cbc13..32cdfafaa 100644
--- a/db/convenience.cc
+++ b/db/convenience.cc
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ Status VerifySstFileChecksum(const Options& options,
   const bool kImmortal = true;
   auto reader_options = TableReaderOptions(
       ioptions, options.prefix_extractor, env_options, internal_comparator,
-      false /* skip_filters */, !kImmortal, false /* force_direct_prefetch */,
-      -1 /* level */);
+      options.block_protection_bytes_per_key, false /* skip_filters */,
+      !kImmortal, false /* force_direct_prefetch */, -1 /* level */);
   reader_options.largest_seqno = largest_seqno;
   s = ioptions.table_factory->NewTableReader(
       reader_options, std::move(file_reader), file_size, &table_reader,
diff --git a/db/external_sst_file_ingestion_job.cc b/db/external_sst_file_ingestion_job.cc
index 98bd6050a..ca9b6fb9b 100644
--- a/db/external_sst_file_ingestion_job.cc
+++ b/db/external_sst_file_ingestion_job.cc
@@ -678,6 +678,7 @@ Status ExternalSstFileIngestionJob::GetIngestedFileInfo(
       TableReaderOptions(
           *cfd_->ioptions(), sv->mutable_cf_options.prefix_extractor,
           env_options_, cfd_->internal_comparator(),
+          sv->mutable_cf_options.block_protection_bytes_per_key,
           /*skip_filters*/ false, /*immortal*/ false,
           /*force_direct_prefetch*/ false, /*level*/ -1,
           /*block_cache_tracer*/ nullptr,
diff --git a/db/forward_iterator.cc b/db/forward_iterator.cc
index eddade837..75a7c599b 100644
--- a/db/forward_iterator.cc
+++ b/db/forward_iterator.cc
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class ForwardLevelIterator : public InternalIterator {
       const ColumnFamilyData* const cfd, const ReadOptions& read_options,
       const std::vector<FileMetaData*>& files,
       const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& prefix_extractor,
-      bool allow_unprepared_value)
+      bool allow_unprepared_value, uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key)
       : cfd_(cfd),
         read_options_(read_options),
         files_(files),
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ class ForwardLevelIterator : public InternalIterator {
         file_iter_(nullptr),
         pinned_iters_mgr_(nullptr),
         prefix_extractor_(prefix_extractor),
-        allow_unprepared_value_(allow_unprepared_value) {
+        allow_unprepared_value_(allow_unprepared_value),
+        block_protection_bytes_per_key_(block_protection_bytes_per_key) {
     status_.PermitUncheckedError();  // Allow uninitialized status through
   }
 
@@ -87,7 +88,8 @@ class ForwardLevelIterator : public InternalIterator {
         /*arena=*/nullptr, /*skip_filters=*/false, /*level=*/-1,
         /*max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin=*/0,
         /*smallest_compaction_key=*/nullptr,
-        /*largest_compaction_key=*/nullptr, allow_unprepared_value_);
+        /*largest_compaction_key=*/nullptr, allow_unprepared_value_,
+        block_protection_bytes_per_key_);
     file_iter_->SetPinnedItersMgr(pinned_iters_mgr_);
     valid_ = false;
     if (!range_del_agg.IsEmpty()) {
@@ -211,6 +213,7 @@ class ForwardLevelIterator : public InternalIterator {
   // Kept alive by ForwardIterator::sv_->mutable_cf_options
   const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& prefix_extractor_;
   const bool allow_unprepared_value_;
+  const uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key_;
 };
 
 ForwardIterator::ForwardIterator(DBImpl* db, const ReadOptions& read_options,
@@ -738,7 +741,8 @@ void ForwardIterator::RebuildIterators(bool refresh_sv) {
         /*skip_filters=*/false, /*level=*/-1,
         MaxFileSizeForL0MetaPin(sv_->mutable_cf_options),
         /*smallest_compaction_key=*/nullptr,
-        /*largest_compaction_key=*/nullptr, allow_unprepared_value_));
+        /*largest_compaction_key=*/nullptr, allow_unprepared_value_,
+        sv_->mutable_cf_options.block_protection_bytes_per_key));
   }
   BuildLevelIterators(vstorage, sv_);
   current_ = nullptr;
@@ -819,7 +823,8 @@ void ForwardIterator::RenewIterators() {
         /*skip_filters=*/false, /*level=*/-1,
         MaxFileSizeForL0MetaPin(svnew->mutable_cf_options),
         /*smallest_compaction_key=*/nullptr,
-        /*largest_compaction_key=*/nullptr, allow_unprepared_value_));
+        /*largest_compaction_key=*/nullptr, allow_unprepared_value_,
+        svnew->mutable_cf_options.block_protection_bytes_per_key));
   }
 
   for (auto* f : l0_iters_) {
@@ -863,7 +868,8 @@ void ForwardIterator::BuildLevelIterators(const VersionStorageInfo* vstorage,
     } else {
       level_iters_.push_back(new ForwardLevelIterator(
           cfd_, read_options_, level_files,
-          sv->mutable_cf_options.prefix_extractor, allow_unprepared_value_));
+          sv->mutable_cf_options.prefix_extractor, allow_unprepared_value_,
+          sv->mutable_cf_options.block_protection_bytes_per_key));
     }
   }
 }
@@ -885,7 +891,8 @@ void ForwardIterator::ResetIncompleteIterators() {
         /*skip_filters=*/false, /*level=*/-1,
         MaxFileSizeForL0MetaPin(sv_->mutable_cf_options),
         /*smallest_compaction_key=*/nullptr,
-        /*largest_compaction_key=*/nullptr, allow_unprepared_value_);
+        /*largest_compaction_key=*/nullptr, allow_unprepared_value_,
+        sv_->mutable_cf_options.block_protection_bytes_per_key);
     l0_iters_[i]->SetPinnedItersMgr(pinned_iters_mgr_);
   }
 
diff --git a/db/import_column_family_job.cc b/db/import_column_family_job.cc
index 12d2519e9..9a8b48dd0 100644
--- a/db/import_column_family_job.cc
+++ b/db/import_column_family_job.cc
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ Status ImportColumnFamilyJob::GetIngestedFileInfo(
       TableReaderOptions(
           *cfd_->ioptions(), sv->mutable_cf_options.prefix_extractor,
           env_options_, cfd_->internal_comparator(),
+          sv->mutable_cf_options.block_protection_bytes_per_key,
           /*skip_filters*/ false, /*immortal*/ false,
           /*force_direct_prefetch*/ false, /*level*/ -1,
           /*block_cache_tracer*/ nullptr,
diff --git a/db/kv_checksum.h b/db/kv_checksum.h
index bce507fcf..53c02485f 100644
--- a/db/kv_checksum.h
+++ b/db/kv_checksum.h
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ template <typename T>
 class ProtectionInfoKVOC;
 template <typename T>
 class ProtectionInfoKVOS;
+template <typename T>
+class ProtectionInfoKV;
 
 // Aliases for 64-bit protection infos.
 using ProtectionInfo64 = ProtectionInfo<uint64_t>;
@@ -64,13 +66,13 @@ class ProtectionInfo {
   ProtectionInfoKVO<T> ProtectKVO(const SliceParts& key,
                                   const SliceParts& value,
                                   ValueType op_type) const;
-
-  T GetVal() const { return val_; }
+  ProtectionInfoKV<T> ProtectKV(const Slice& key, const Slice& value) const;
 
  private:
   friend class ProtectionInfoKVO<T>;
   friend class ProtectionInfoKVOS<T>;
   friend class ProtectionInfoKVOC<T>;
+  friend class ProtectionInfoKV<T>;
 
   // Each field is hashed with an independent value so we can catch fields being
   // swapped. Per the `NPHash64()` docs, using consecutive seeds is a pitfall,
@@ -89,8 +91,47 @@ class ProtectionInfo {
     static_assert(sizeof(ProtectionInfo<T>) == sizeof(T), "");
   }
 
+  T GetVal() const { return val_; }
   void SetVal(T val) { val_ = val; }
 
+  void Encode(uint8_t len, char* dst) const {
+    assert(sizeof(val_) >= len);
+    switch (len) {
+      case 1:
+        dst[0] = static_cast<uint8_t>(val_);
+        break;
+      case 2:
+        EncodeFixed16(dst, static_cast<uint16_t>(val_));
+        break;
+      case 4:
+        EncodeFixed32(dst, static_cast<uint32_t>(val_));
+        break;
+      case 8:
+        EncodeFixed64(dst, static_cast<uint64_t>(val_));
+        break;
+      default:
+        assert(false);
+    }
+  }
+
+  bool Verify(uint8_t len, const char* checksum_ptr) const {
+    assert(sizeof(val_) >= len);
+    switch (len) {
+      case 1:
+        return static_cast<uint8_t>(checksum_ptr[0]) ==
+               static_cast<uint8_t>(val_);
+      case 2:
+        return DecodeFixed16(checksum_ptr) == static_cast<uint16_t>(val_);
+      case 4:
+        return DecodeFixed32(checksum_ptr) == static_cast<uint32_t>(val_);
+      case 8:
+        return DecodeFixed64(checksum_ptr) == static_cast<uint64_t>(val_);
+      default:
+        assert(false);
+        return false;
+    }
+  }
+
   T val_ = 0;
 };
 
@@ -113,7 +154,14 @@ class ProtectionInfoKVO {
   void UpdateV(const SliceParts& old_value, const SliceParts& new_value);
   void UpdateO(ValueType old_op_type, ValueType new_op_type);
 
-  T GetVal() const { return info_.GetVal(); }
+  // Encode this protection info into `len` bytes and stores them in `dst`.
+  void Encode(uint8_t len, char* dst) const { info_.Encode(len, dst); }
+  // Verify this protection info against the protection info encoded by Encode()
+  // at the first `len` bytes of `checksum_ptr`.
+  // Returns true iff the verification is successful.
+  bool Verify(uint8_t len, const char* checksum_ptr) const {
+    return info_.Verify(len, checksum_ptr);
+  }
 
  private:
   friend class ProtectionInfo<T>;
@@ -124,6 +172,7 @@ class ProtectionInfoKVO {
     static_assert(sizeof(ProtectionInfoKVO<T>) == sizeof(T), "");
   }
 
+  T GetVal() const { return info_.GetVal(); }
   void SetVal(T val) { info_.SetVal(val); }
 
   ProtectionInfo<T> info_;
@@ -154,7 +203,10 @@ class ProtectionInfoKVOC {
   void UpdateC(ColumnFamilyId old_column_family_id,
                ColumnFamilyId new_column_family_id);
 
-  T GetVal() const { return kvo_.GetVal(); }
+  void Encode(uint8_t len, char* dst) const { kvo_.Encode(len, dst); }
+  bool Verify(uint8_t len, const char* checksum_ptr) const {
+    return kvo_.Verify(len, checksum_ptr);
+  }
 
  private:
   friend class ProtectionInfoKVO<T>;
@@ -163,6 +215,7 @@ class ProtectionInfoKVOC {
     static_assert(sizeof(ProtectionInfoKVOC<T>) == sizeof(T), "");
   }
 
+  T GetVal() const { return kvo_.GetVal(); }
   void SetVal(T val) { kvo_.SetVal(val); }
 
   ProtectionInfoKVO<T> kvo_;
@@ -193,7 +246,10 @@ class ProtectionInfoKVOS {
   void UpdateS(SequenceNumber old_sequence_number,
                SequenceNumber new_sequence_number);
 
-  T GetVal() const { return kvo_.GetVal(); }
+  void Encode(uint8_t len, char* dst) const { kvo_.Encode(len, dst); }
+  bool Verify(uint8_t len, const char* checksum_ptr) const {
+    return kvo_.Verify(len, checksum_ptr);
+  }
 
  private:
   friend class ProtectionInfoKVO<T>;
@@ -202,11 +258,32 @@ class ProtectionInfoKVOS {
     static_assert(sizeof(ProtectionInfoKVOS<T>) == sizeof(T), "");
   }
 
+  T GetVal() const { return kvo_.GetVal(); }
   void SetVal(T val) { kvo_.SetVal(val); }
 
   ProtectionInfoKVO<T> kvo_;
 };
 
+template <typename T>
+class ProtectionInfoKV {
+ public:
+  ProtectionInfoKV() = default;
+
+  void Encode(uint8_t len, char* dst) const { info_.Encode(len, dst); }
+  bool Verify(uint8_t len, const char* checksum_ptr) const {
+    return info_.Verify(len, checksum_ptr);
+  }
+
+ private:
+  friend class ProtectionInfo<T>;
+
+  explicit ProtectionInfoKV(T val) : info_(val) {
+    static_assert(sizeof(ProtectionInfoKV<T>) == sizeof(T));
+  }
+
+  ProtectionInfo<T> info_;
+};
+
 template <typename T>
 Status ProtectionInfo<T>::GetStatus() const {
   if (val_ != 0) {
@@ -244,6 +321,16 @@ ProtectionInfoKVO<T> ProtectionInfo<T>::ProtectKVO(const SliceParts& key,
   return ProtectionInfoKVO<T>(val);
 }
 
+template <typename T>
+ProtectionInfoKV<T> ProtectionInfo<T>::ProtectKV(const Slice& key,
+                                                 const Slice& value) const {
+  T val = GetVal();
+  val = val ^ static_cast<T>(GetSliceNPHash64(key, ProtectionInfo<T>::kSeedK));
+  val =
+      val ^ static_cast<T>(GetSliceNPHash64(value, ProtectionInfo<T>::kSeedV));
+  return ProtectionInfoKV<T>(val);
+}
+
 template <typename T>
 void ProtectionInfoKVO<T>::UpdateK(const Slice& old_key, const Slice& new_key) {
   T val = GetVal();
@@ -394,5 +481,4 @@ void ProtectionInfoKVOS<T>::UpdateS(SequenceNumber old_sequence_number,
                   sizeof(new_sequence_number), ProtectionInfo<T>::kSeedS));
   SetVal(val);
 }
-
 }  // namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/db/memtable.cc b/db/memtable.cc
index e61ddc9db..f6c0cc624 100644
--- a/db/memtable.cc
+++ b/db/memtable.cc
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ void MemTable::UpdateOldestKeyTime() {
 }
 
 Status MemTable::VerifyEntryChecksum(const char* entry,
-                                     size_t protection_bytes_per_key,
+                                     uint32_t protection_bytes_per_key,
                                      bool allow_data_in_errors) {
   if (protection_bytes_per_key == 0) {
     return Status::OK();
@@ -285,28 +285,11 @@ Status MemTable::VerifyEntryChecksum(const char* entry,
   Slice value = Slice(value_ptr, value_length);
 
   const char* checksum_ptr = value_ptr + value_length;
-  uint64_t expected = ProtectionInfo64()
-                          .ProtectKVO(user_key, value, type)
-                          .ProtectS(seq)
-                          .GetVal();
-  bool match = true;
-  switch (protection_bytes_per_key) {
-    case 1:
-      match = static_cast<uint8_t>(checksum_ptr[0]) ==
-              static_cast<uint8_t>(expected);
-      break;
-    case 2:
-      match = DecodeFixed16(checksum_ptr) == static_cast<uint16_t>(expected);
-      break;
-    case 4:
-      match = DecodeFixed32(checksum_ptr) == static_cast<uint32_t>(expected);
-      break;
-    case 8:
-      match = DecodeFixed64(checksum_ptr) == expected;
-      break;
-    default:
-      assert(false);
-  }
+  bool match =
+      ProtectionInfo64()
+          .ProtectKVO(user_key, value, type)
+          .ProtectS(seq)
+          .Verify(static_cast<uint8_t>(protection_bytes_per_key), checksum_ptr);
   if (!match) {
     std::string msg(
         "Corrupted memtable entry, per key-value checksum verification "
@@ -526,7 +509,7 @@ class MemTableIterator : public InternalIterator {
   bool valid_;
   bool arena_mode_;
   bool value_pinned_;
-  size_t protection_bytes_per_key_;
+  uint32_t protection_bytes_per_key_;
   Status status_;
   Logger* logger_;
 
@@ -684,28 +667,15 @@ void MemTable::UpdateEntryChecksum(const ProtectionInfoKVOS64* kv_prot_info,
     return;
   }
 
-  uint64_t checksum = 0;
   if (kv_prot_info == nullptr) {
-    checksum =
-        ProtectionInfo64().ProtectKVO(key, value, type).ProtectS(s).GetVal();
+    ProtectionInfo64()
+        .ProtectKVO(key, value, type)
+        .ProtectS(s)
+        .Encode(static_cast<uint8_t>(moptions_.protection_bytes_per_key),
+                checksum_ptr);
   } else {
-    checksum = kv_prot_info->GetVal();
-  }
-  switch (moptions_.protection_bytes_per_key) {
-    case 1:
-      checksum_ptr[0] = static_cast<uint8_t>(checksum);
-      break;
-    case 2:
-      EncodeFixed16(checksum_ptr, static_cast<uint16_t>(checksum));
-      break;
-    case 4:
-      EncodeFixed32(checksum_ptr, static_cast<uint32_t>(checksum));
-      break;
-    case 8:
-      EncodeFixed64(checksum_ptr, checksum);
-      break;
-    default:
-      assert(false);
+    kv_prot_info->Encode(
+        static_cast<uint8_t>(moptions_.protection_bytes_per_key), checksum_ptr);
   }
 }
 
@@ -902,7 +872,7 @@ struct Saver {
   ReadCallback* callback_;
   bool* is_blob_index;
   bool allow_data_in_errors;
-  size_t protection_bytes_per_key;
+  uint32_t protection_bytes_per_key;
   bool CheckCallback(SequenceNumber _seq) {
     if (callback_) {
       return callback_->IsVisible(_seq);
diff --git a/db/memtable.h b/db/memtable.h
index aa2ba87ca..eefabcf88 100644
--- a/db/memtable.h
+++ b/db/memtable.h
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ class MemTable {
 
   // Returns Corruption status if verification fails.
   static Status VerifyEntryChecksum(const char* entry,
-                                    size_t protection_bytes_per_key,
+                                    uint32_t protection_bytes_per_key,
                                     bool allow_data_in_errors = false);
 
  private:
diff --git a/db/repair.cc b/db/repair.cc
index b4b9d0c5f..633c348a5 100644
--- a/db/repair.cc
+++ b/db/repair.cc
@@ -518,8 +518,9 @@ class Repairer {
     if (status.ok()) {
       // TODO: plumb Env::IOActivity
       const ReadOptions read_options;
-      status = table_cache_->GetTableProperties(file_options_, read_options,
-                                                icmp_, t->meta, &props);
+      status = table_cache_->GetTableProperties(
+          file_options_, read_options, icmp_, t->meta, &props,
+          0 /* block_protection_bytes_per_key */);
     }
     if (status.ok()) {
       auto s =
@@ -577,7 +578,8 @@ class Repairer {
           /*level=*/-1, /*max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin=*/0,
           /*smallest_compaction_key=*/nullptr,
           /*largest_compaction_key=*/nullptr,
-          /*allow_unprepared_value=*/false);
+          /*allow_unprepared_value=*/false,
+          cfd->GetLatestMutableCFOptions()->block_protection_bytes_per_key);
       ParsedInternalKey parsed;
       for (iter->SeekToFirst(); iter->Valid(); iter->Next()) {
         Slice key = iter->key();
@@ -617,7 +619,9 @@ class Repairer {
       ReadOptions ropts;
       std::unique_ptr<FragmentedRangeTombstoneIterator> r_iter;
       status = table_cache_->GetRangeTombstoneIterator(
-          ropts, cfd->internal_comparator(), t->meta, &r_iter);
+          ropts, cfd->internal_comparator(), t->meta,
+          cfd->GetLatestMutableCFOptions()->block_protection_bytes_per_key,
+          &r_iter);
 
       if (r_iter) {
         r_iter->SeekToFirst();
diff --git a/db/table_cache.cc b/db/table_cache.cc
index 28206ed35..c288ec8c7 100644
--- a/db/table_cache.cc
+++ b/db/table_cache.cc
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ Status TableCache::GetTableReader(
     const ReadOptions& ro, const FileOptions& file_options,
     const InternalKeyComparator& internal_comparator,
     const FileMetaData& file_meta, bool sequential_mode, bool record_read_stats,
-    HistogramImpl* file_read_hist, std::unique_ptr<TableReader>* table_reader,
+    uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key, HistogramImpl* file_read_hist,
+    std::unique_ptr<TableReader>* table_reader,
     const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& prefix_extractor,
     bool skip_filters, int level, bool prefetch_index_and_filter_in_cache,
     size_t max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin, Temperature file_temperature) {
@@ -140,7 +141,8 @@ Status TableCache::GetTableReader(
     s = ioptions_.table_factory->NewTableReader(
         ro,
         TableReaderOptions(ioptions_, prefix_extractor, file_options,
-                           internal_comparator, skip_filters, immortal_tables_,
+                           internal_comparator, block_protection_bytes_per_key,
+                           skip_filters, immortal_tables_,
                            false /* force_direct_prefetch */, level,
                            block_cache_tracer_, max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin,
                            db_session_id_, file_meta.fd.GetNumber(),
@@ -156,6 +158,7 @@ Status TableCache::FindTable(
     const ReadOptions& ro, const FileOptions& file_options,
     const InternalKeyComparator& internal_comparator,
     const FileMetaData& file_meta, TypedHandle** handle,
+    uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key,
     const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& prefix_extractor,
     const bool no_io, bool record_read_stats, HistogramImpl* file_read_hist,
     bool skip_filters, int level, bool prefetch_index_and_filter_in_cache,
@@ -179,12 +182,12 @@ Status TableCache::FindTable(
     }
 
     std::unique_ptr<TableReader> table_reader;
-    Status s =
-        GetTableReader(ro, file_options, internal_comparator, file_meta,
-                       false /* sequential mode */, record_read_stats,
-                       file_read_hist, &table_reader, prefix_extractor,
-                       skip_filters, level, prefetch_index_and_filter_in_cache,
-                       max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin, file_temperature);
+    Status s = GetTableReader(ro, file_options, internal_comparator, file_meta,
+                              false /* sequential mode */, record_read_stats,
+                              block_protection_bytes_per_key, file_read_hist,
+                              &table_reader, prefix_extractor, skip_filters,
+                              level, prefetch_index_and_filter_in_cache,
+                              max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin, file_temperature);
     if (!s.ok()) {
       assert(table_reader == nullptr);
       RecordTick(ioptions_.stats, NO_FILE_ERRORS);
@@ -212,6 +215,7 @@ InternalIterator* TableCache::NewIterator(
     size_t max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin,
     const InternalKey* smallest_compaction_key,
     const InternalKey* largest_compaction_key, bool allow_unprepared_value,
+    uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key,
     TruncatedRangeDelIterator** range_del_iter) {
   PERF_TIMER_GUARD(new_table_iterator_nanos);
 
@@ -225,12 +229,13 @@ InternalIterator* TableCache::NewIterator(
   auto& fd = file_meta.fd;
   table_reader = fd.table_reader;
   if (table_reader == nullptr) {
-    s = FindTable(
-        options, file_options, icomparator, file_meta, &handle,
-        prefix_extractor, options.read_tier == kBlockCacheTier /* no_io */,
-        !for_compaction /* record_read_stats */, file_read_hist, skip_filters,
-        level, true /* prefetch_index_and_filter_in_cache */,
-        max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin, file_meta.temperature);
+    s = FindTable(options, file_options, icomparator, file_meta, &handle,
+                  block_protection_bytes_per_key, prefix_extractor,
+                  options.read_tier == kBlockCacheTier /* no_io */,
+                  !for_compaction /* record_read_stats */, file_read_hist,
+                  skip_filters, level,
+                  true /* prefetch_index_and_filter_in_cache */,
+                  max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin, file_meta.temperature);
     if (s.ok()) {
       table_reader = cache_.Value(handle);
     }
@@ -308,7 +313,7 @@ InternalIterator* TableCache::NewIterator(
 Status TableCache::GetRangeTombstoneIterator(
     const ReadOptions& options,
     const InternalKeyComparator& internal_comparator,
-    const FileMetaData& file_meta,
+    const FileMetaData& file_meta, uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key,
     std::unique_ptr<FragmentedRangeTombstoneIterator>* out_iter) {
   assert(out_iter);
   const FileDescriptor& fd = file_meta.fd;
@@ -317,7 +322,7 @@ Status TableCache::GetRangeTombstoneIterator(
   TypedHandle* handle = nullptr;
   if (t == nullptr) {
     s = FindTable(options, file_options_, internal_comparator, file_meta,
-                  &handle);
+                  &handle, block_protection_bytes_per_key);
     if (s.ok()) {
       t = cache_.Value(handle);
     }
@@ -403,6 +408,7 @@ Status TableCache::Get(
     const ReadOptions& options,
     const InternalKeyComparator& internal_comparator,
     const FileMetaData& file_meta, const Slice& k, GetContext* get_context,
+    uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key,
     const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& prefix_extractor,
     HistogramImpl* file_read_hist, bool skip_filters, int level,
     size_t max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin) {
@@ -430,7 +436,7 @@ Status TableCache::Get(
     assert(s.ok());
     if (t == nullptr) {
       s = FindTable(options, file_options_, internal_comparator, file_meta,
-                    &handle, prefix_extractor,
+                    &handle, block_protection_bytes_per_key, prefix_extractor,
                     options.read_tier == kBlockCacheTier /* no_io */,
                     true /* record_read_stats */, file_read_hist, skip_filters,
                     level, true /* prefetch_index_and_filter_in_cache */,
@@ -513,7 +519,8 @@ Status TableCache::MultiGetFilter(
     const FileMetaData& file_meta,
     const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& prefix_extractor,
     HistogramImpl* file_read_hist, int level,
-    MultiGetContext::Range* mget_range, TypedHandle** table_handle) {
+    MultiGetContext::Range* mget_range, TypedHandle** table_handle,
+    uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key) {
   auto& fd = file_meta.fd;
   IterKey row_cache_key;
   std::string row_cache_entry_buffer;
@@ -531,12 +538,13 @@ Status TableCache::MultiGetFilter(
   MultiGetContext::Range tombstone_range(*mget_range, mget_range->begin(),
                                          mget_range->end());
   if (t == nullptr) {
-    s = FindTable(
-        options, file_options_, internal_comparator, file_meta, &handle,
-        prefix_extractor, options.read_tier == kBlockCacheTier /* no_io */,
-        true /* record_read_stats */, file_read_hist, /*skip_filters=*/false,
-        level, true /* prefetch_index_and_filter_in_cache */,
-        /*max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin=*/0, file_meta.temperature);
+    s = FindTable(options, file_options_, internal_comparator, file_meta,
+                  &handle, block_protection_bytes_per_key, prefix_extractor,
+                  options.read_tier == kBlockCacheTier /* no_io */,
+                  true /* record_read_stats */, file_read_hist,
+                  /*skip_filters=*/false, level,
+                  true /* prefetch_index_and_filter_in_cache */,
+                  /*max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin=*/0, file_meta.temperature);
     if (s.ok()) {
       t = cache_.Value(handle);
     }
@@ -564,6 +572,7 @@ Status TableCache::GetTableProperties(
     const InternalKeyComparator& internal_comparator,
     const FileMetaData& file_meta,
     std::shared_ptr<const TableProperties>* properties,
+    uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key,
     const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& prefix_extractor, bool no_io) {
   auto table_reader = file_meta.fd.table_reader;
   // table already been pre-loaded?
@@ -575,7 +584,8 @@ Status TableCache::GetTableProperties(
 
   TypedHandle* table_handle = nullptr;
   Status s = FindTable(read_options, file_options, internal_comparator,
-                       file_meta, &table_handle, prefix_extractor, no_io);
+                       file_meta, &table_handle, block_protection_bytes_per_key,
+                       prefix_extractor, no_io);
   if (!s.ok()) {
     return s;
   }
@@ -588,12 +598,14 @@ Status TableCache::GetTableProperties(
 
 Status TableCache::ApproximateKeyAnchors(
     const ReadOptions& ro, const InternalKeyComparator& internal_comparator,
-    const FileMetaData& file_meta, std::vector<TableReader::Anchor>& anchors) {
+    const FileMetaData& file_meta, uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key,
+    std::vector<TableReader::Anchor>& anchors) {
   Status s;
   TableReader* t = file_meta.fd.table_reader;
   TypedHandle* handle = nullptr;
   if (t == nullptr) {
-    s = FindTable(ro, file_options_, internal_comparator, file_meta, &handle);
+    s = FindTable(ro, file_options_, internal_comparator, file_meta, &handle,
+                  block_protection_bytes_per_key);
     if (s.ok()) {
       t = cache_.Value(handle);
     }
@@ -610,7 +622,7 @@ Status TableCache::ApproximateKeyAnchors(
 size_t TableCache::GetMemoryUsageByTableReader(
     const FileOptions& file_options, const ReadOptions& read_options,
     const InternalKeyComparator& internal_comparator,
-    const FileMetaData& file_meta,
+    const FileMetaData& file_meta, uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key,
     const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& prefix_extractor) {
   auto table_reader = file_meta.fd.table_reader;
   // table already been pre-loaded?
@@ -620,7 +632,8 @@ size_t TableCache::GetMemoryUsageByTableReader(
 
   TypedHandle* table_handle = nullptr;
   Status s = FindTable(read_options, file_options, internal_comparator,
-                       file_meta, &table_handle, prefix_extractor, true);
+                       file_meta, &table_handle, block_protection_bytes_per_key,
+                       prefix_extractor, true /* no_io */);
   if (!s.ok()) {
     return 0;
   }
@@ -639,16 +652,17 @@ uint64_t TableCache::ApproximateOffsetOf(
     const ReadOptions& read_options, const Slice& key,
     const FileMetaData& file_meta, TableReaderCaller caller,
     const InternalKeyComparator& internal_comparator,
+    uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key,
     const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& prefix_extractor) {
   uint64_t result = 0;
   TableReader* table_reader = file_meta.fd.table_reader;
   TypedHandle* table_handle = nullptr;
   if (table_reader == nullptr) {
     const bool for_compaction = (caller == TableReaderCaller::kCompaction);
-    Status s =
-        FindTable(read_options, file_options_, internal_comparator, file_meta,
-                  &table_handle, prefix_extractor, false /* no_io */,
-                  !for_compaction /* record_read_stats */);
+    Status s = FindTable(
+        read_options, file_options_, internal_comparator, file_meta,
+        &table_handle, block_protection_bytes_per_key, prefix_extractor,
+        false /* no_io */, !for_compaction /* record_read_stats */);
     if (s.ok()) {
       table_reader = cache_.Value(table_handle);
     }
@@ -668,16 +682,17 @@ uint64_t TableCache::ApproximateSize(
     const ReadOptions& read_options, const Slice& start, const Slice& end,
     const FileMetaData& file_meta, TableReaderCaller caller,
     const InternalKeyComparator& internal_comparator,
+    uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key,
     const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& prefix_extractor) {
   uint64_t result = 0;
   TableReader* table_reader = file_meta.fd.table_reader;
   TypedHandle* table_handle = nullptr;
   if (table_reader == nullptr) {
     const bool for_compaction = (caller == TableReaderCaller::kCompaction);
-    Status s =
-        FindTable(read_options, file_options_, internal_comparator, file_meta,
-                  &table_handle, prefix_extractor, false /* no_io */,
-                  !for_compaction /* record_read_stats */);
+    Status s = FindTable(
+        read_options, file_options_, internal_comparator, file_meta,
+        &table_handle, block_protection_bytes_per_key, prefix_extractor,
+        false /* no_io */, !for_compaction /* record_read_stats */);
     if (s.ok()) {
       table_reader = cache_.Value(table_handle);
     }
diff --git a/db/table_cache.h b/db/table_cache.h
index 609e67498..41201eea8 100644
--- a/db/table_cache.h
+++ b/db/table_cache.h
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ class TableCache {
       size_t max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin,
       const InternalKey* smallest_compaction_key,
       const InternalKey* largest_compaction_key, bool allow_unprepared_value,
+      uint8_t protection_bytes_per_key,
       TruncatedRangeDelIterator** range_del_iter = nullptr);
 
   // If a seek to internal key "k" in specified file finds an entry,
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ class TableCache {
       const ReadOptions& options,
       const InternalKeyComparator& internal_comparator,
       const FileMetaData& file_meta, const Slice& k, GetContext* get_context,
+      uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key,
       const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& prefix_extractor = nullptr,
       HistogramImpl* file_read_hist = nullptr, bool skip_filters = false,
       int level = -1, size_t max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin = 0);
@@ -121,7 +123,7 @@ class TableCache {
   Status GetRangeTombstoneIterator(
       const ReadOptions& options,
       const InternalKeyComparator& internal_comparator,
-      const FileMetaData& file_meta,
+      const FileMetaData& file_meta, uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key,
       std::unique_ptr<FragmentedRangeTombstoneIterator>* out_iter);
 
   // Call table reader's MultiGetFilter to use the bloom filter to filter out
@@ -135,7 +137,8 @@ class TableCache {
       const FileMetaData& file_meta,
       const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& prefix_extractor,
       HistogramImpl* file_read_hist, int level,
-      MultiGetContext::Range* mget_range, TypedHandle** table_handle);
+      MultiGetContext::Range* mget_range, TypedHandle** table_handle,
+      uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key);
 
   // If a seek to internal key "k" in specified file finds an entry,
   // call get_context->SaveValue() repeatedly until
@@ -150,6 +153,7 @@ class TableCache {
       Status, MultiGet, const ReadOptions& options,
       const InternalKeyComparator& internal_comparator,
       const FileMetaData& file_meta, const MultiGetContext::Range* mget_range,
+      uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key,
       const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& prefix_extractor = nullptr,
       HistogramImpl* file_read_hist = nullptr, bool skip_filters = false,
       bool skip_range_deletions = false, int level = -1,
@@ -165,6 +169,7 @@ class TableCache {
       const ReadOptions& ro, const FileOptions& toptions,
       const InternalKeyComparator& internal_comparator,
       const FileMetaData& file_meta, TypedHandle**,
+      uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key,
       const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& prefix_extractor = nullptr,
       const bool no_io = false, bool record_read_stats = true,
       HistogramImpl* file_read_hist = nullptr, bool skip_filters = false,
@@ -183,12 +188,14 @@ class TableCache {
       const InternalKeyComparator& internal_comparator,
       const FileMetaData& file_meta,
       std::shared_ptr<const TableProperties>* properties,
+      uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key,
       const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& prefix_extractor = nullptr,
       bool no_io = false);
 
   Status ApproximateKeyAnchors(const ReadOptions& ro,
                                const InternalKeyComparator& internal_comparator,
                                const FileMetaData& file_meta,
+                               uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key,
                                std::vector<TableReader::Anchor>& anchors);
 
   // Return total memory usage of the table reader of the file.
@@ -196,7 +203,7 @@ class TableCache {
   size_t GetMemoryUsageByTableReader(
       const FileOptions& toptions, const ReadOptions& read_options,
       const InternalKeyComparator& internal_comparator,
-      const FileMetaData& file_meta,
+      const FileMetaData& file_meta, uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key,
       const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& prefix_extractor = nullptr);
 
   // Returns approximated offset of a key in a file represented by fd.
@@ -204,6 +211,7 @@ class TableCache {
       const ReadOptions& read_options, const Slice& key,
       const FileMetaData& file_meta, TableReaderCaller caller,
       const InternalKeyComparator& internal_comparator,
+      uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key,
       const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& prefix_extractor = nullptr);
 
   // Returns approximated data size between start and end keys in a file
@@ -212,6 +220,7 @@ class TableCache {
       const ReadOptions& read_options, const Slice& start, const Slice& end,
       const FileMetaData& file_meta, TableReaderCaller caller,
       const InternalKeyComparator& internal_comparator,
+      uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key,
       const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& prefix_extractor = nullptr);
 
   CacheInterface& get_cache() { return cache_; }
@@ -234,8 +243,8 @@ class TableCache {
       const ReadOptions& ro, const FileOptions& file_options,
       const InternalKeyComparator& internal_comparator,
       const FileMetaData& file_meta, bool sequential_mode,
-      bool record_read_stats, HistogramImpl* file_read_hist,
-      std::unique_ptr<TableReader>* table_reader,
+      bool record_read_stats, uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key,
+      HistogramImpl* file_read_hist, std::unique_ptr<TableReader>* table_reader,
       const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& prefix_extractor = nullptr,
       bool skip_filters = false, int level = -1,
       bool prefetch_index_and_filter_in_cache = true,
diff --git a/db/table_cache_sync_and_async.h b/db/table_cache_sync_and_async.h
index b1ab73247..df8e9337f 100644
--- a/db/table_cache_sync_and_async.h
+++ b/db/table_cache_sync_and_async.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE {
 DEFINE_SYNC_AND_ASYNC(Status, TableCache::MultiGet)
 (const ReadOptions& options, const InternalKeyComparator& internal_comparator,
  const FileMetaData& file_meta, const MultiGetContext::Range* mget_range,
+ uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key,
  const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& prefix_extractor,
  HistogramImpl* file_read_hist, bool skip_filters, bool skip_range_deletions,
  int level, TypedHandle* handle) {
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ DEFINE_SYNC_AND_ASYNC(Status, TableCache::MultiGet)
     if (t == nullptr) {
       assert(handle == nullptr);
       s = FindTable(options, file_options_, internal_comparator, file_meta,
-                    &handle, prefix_extractor,
+                    &handle, block_protection_bytes_per_key, prefix_extractor,
                     options.read_tier == kBlockCacheTier /* no_io */,
                     true /* record_read_stats */, file_read_hist, skip_filters,
                     level, true /* prefetch_index_and_filter_in_cache */,
diff --git a/db/version_builder.cc b/db/version_builder.cc
index 64590db5c..d87ef9449 100644
--- a/db/version_builder.cc
+++ b/db/version_builder.cc
@@ -1257,7 +1257,8 @@ class VersionBuilder::Rep {
       InternalStats* internal_stats, int max_threads,
       bool prefetch_index_and_filter_in_cache, bool is_initial_load,
       const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& prefix_extractor,
-      size_t max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin, const ReadOptions& read_options) {
+      size_t max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin, const ReadOptions& read_options,
+      uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key) {
     assert(table_cache_ != nullptr);
 
     size_t table_cache_capacity =
@@ -1326,7 +1327,8 @@ class VersionBuilder::Rep {
         statuses[file_idx] = table_cache_->FindTable(
             read_options, file_options_,
             *(base_vstorage_->InternalComparator()), *file_meta, &handle,
-            prefix_extractor, false /*no_io */, true /* record_read_stats */,
+            block_protection_bytes_per_key, prefix_extractor, false /*no_io */,
+            true /* record_read_stats */,
             internal_stats->GetFileReadHist(level), false, level,
             prefetch_index_and_filter_in_cache, max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin,
             file_meta->temperature);
@@ -1384,11 +1386,12 @@ Status VersionBuilder::LoadTableHandlers(
     InternalStats* internal_stats, int max_threads,
     bool prefetch_index_and_filter_in_cache, bool is_initial_load,
     const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& prefix_extractor,
-    size_t max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin, const ReadOptions& read_options) {
-  return rep_->LoadTableHandlers(internal_stats, max_threads,
-                                 prefetch_index_and_filter_in_cache,
-                                 is_initial_load, prefix_extractor,
-                                 max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin, read_options);
+    size_t max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin, const ReadOptions& read_options,
+    uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key) {
+  return rep_->LoadTableHandlers(
+      internal_stats, max_threads, prefetch_index_and_filter_in_cache,
+      is_initial_load, prefix_extractor, max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin,
+      read_options, block_protection_bytes_per_key);
 }
 
 uint64_t VersionBuilder::GetMinOldestBlobFileNumber() const {
diff --git a/db/version_builder.h b/db/version_builder.h
index 8e7dd9e66..fb2a304a8 100644
--- a/db/version_builder.h
+++ b/db/version_builder.h
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ class VersionBuilder {
       InternalStats* internal_stats, int max_threads,
       bool prefetch_index_and_filter_in_cache, bool is_initial_load,
       const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& prefix_extractor,
-      size_t max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin, const ReadOptions& read_options);
+      size_t max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin, const ReadOptions& read_options,
+      uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key);
   uint64_t GetMinOldestBlobFileNumber() const;
 
  private:
diff --git a/db/version_edit_handler.cc b/db/version_edit_handler.cc
index 7ea176e01..d507c4b0c 100644
--- a/db/version_edit_handler.cc
+++ b/db/version_edit_handler.cc
@@ -566,13 +566,13 @@ Status VersionEditHandler::LoadTables(ColumnFamilyData* cfd,
   assert(builder_iter->second != nullptr);
   VersionBuilder* builder = builder_iter->second->version_builder();
   assert(builder);
+  const MutableCFOptions* moptions = cfd->GetLatestMutableCFOptions();
   Status s = builder->LoadTableHandlers(
       cfd->internal_stats(),
       version_set_->db_options_->max_file_opening_threads,
       prefetch_index_and_filter_in_cache, is_initial_load,
-      cfd->GetLatestMutableCFOptions()->prefix_extractor,
-      MaxFileSizeForL0MetaPin(*cfd->GetLatestMutableCFOptions()),
-      read_options_);
+      moptions->prefix_extractor, MaxFileSizeForL0MetaPin(*moptions),
+      read_options_, moptions->block_protection_bytes_per_key);
   if ((s.IsPathNotFound() || s.IsCorruption()) && no_error_if_files_missing_) {
     s = Status::OK();
   }
@@ -812,16 +812,16 @@ Status VersionEditHandlerPointInTime::MaybeCreateVersion(
       assert(builder);
     }
 
+    const MutableCFOptions* cf_opts_ptr = cfd->GetLatestMutableCFOptions();
     auto* version = new Version(cfd, version_set_, version_set_->file_options_,
-                                *cfd->GetLatestMutableCFOptions(), io_tracer_,
+                                *cf_opts_ptr, io_tracer_,
                                 version_set_->current_version_number_++,
                                 epoch_number_requirement_);
     s = builder->LoadTableHandlers(
         cfd->internal_stats(),
         version_set_->db_options_->max_file_opening_threads, false, true,
-        cfd->GetLatestMutableCFOptions()->prefix_extractor,
-        MaxFileSizeForL0MetaPin(*cfd->GetLatestMutableCFOptions()),
-        read_options_);
+        cf_opts_ptr->prefix_extractor, MaxFileSizeForL0MetaPin(*cf_opts_ptr),
+        read_options_, cf_opts_ptr->block_protection_bytes_per_key);
     if (!s.ok()) {
       delete version;
       if (s.IsCorruption()) {
diff --git a/db/version_set.cc b/db/version_set.cc
index 9f1888c78..cfe8d6173 100644
--- a/db/version_set.cc
+++ b/db/version_set.cc
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ class LevelIterator final : public InternalIterator {
       const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& prefix_extractor,
       bool should_sample, HistogramImpl* file_read_hist,
       TableReaderCaller caller, bool skip_filters, int level,
-      RangeDelAggregator* range_del_agg,
+      uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key, RangeDelAggregator* range_del_agg,
       const std::vector<AtomicCompactionUnitBoundary>* compaction_boundaries =
           nullptr,
       bool allow_unprepared_value = false,
@@ -964,6 +964,7 @@ class LevelIterator final : public InternalIterator {
         pinned_iters_mgr_(nullptr),
         compaction_boundaries_(compaction_boundaries),
         is_next_read_sequential_(false),
+        block_protection_bytes_per_key_(block_protection_bytes_per_key),
         range_tombstone_iter_(nullptr),
         to_return_sentinel_(false) {
     // Empty level is not supported.
@@ -1107,7 +1108,8 @@ class LevelIterator final : public InternalIterator {
         nullptr /* don't need reference to table */, file_read_hist_, caller_,
         /*arena=*/nullptr, skip_filters_, level_,
         /*max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin=*/0, smallest_compaction_key,
-        largest_compaction_key, allow_unprepared_value_, range_tombstone_iter_);
+        largest_compaction_key, allow_unprepared_value_,
+        block_protection_bytes_per_key_, range_tombstone_iter_);
   }
 
   // Check if current file being fully within iterate_lower_bound.
@@ -1154,6 +1156,8 @@ class LevelIterator final : public InternalIterator {
 
   bool is_next_read_sequential_;
 
+  uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key_;
+
   // This is set when this level iterator is used under a merging iterator
   // that processes range tombstones. range_tombstone_iter_ points to where the
   // merging iterator stores the range tombstones iterator for this level. When
@@ -1535,6 +1539,7 @@ Status Version::GetTableProperties(const ReadOptions& read_options,
   auto ioptions = cfd_->ioptions();
   Status s = table_cache->GetTableProperties(
       file_options_, read_options, cfd_->internal_comparator(), *file_meta, tp,
+      mutable_cf_options_.block_protection_bytes_per_key,
       mutable_cf_options_.prefix_extractor, true /* no io */);
   if (s.ok()) {
     return s;
@@ -1621,6 +1626,7 @@ Status Version::TablesRangeTombstoneSummary(int max_entries_to_print,
 
       Status s = table_cache->GetRangeTombstoneIterator(
           read_options, cfd_->internal_comparator(), *file_meta,
+          cfd_->GetLatestMutableCFOptions()->block_protection_bytes_per_key,
           &tombstone_iter);
       if (!s.ok()) {
         return s;
@@ -1739,6 +1745,7 @@ size_t Version::GetMemoryUsageByTableReaders(const ReadOptions& read_options) {
       total_usage += cfd_->table_cache()->GetMemoryUsageByTableReader(
           file_options_, read_options, cfd_->internal_comparator(),
           *file_level.files[i].file_metadata,
+          mutable_cf_options_.block_protection_bytes_per_key,
           mutable_cf_options_.prefix_extractor);
     }
   }
@@ -1848,6 +1855,7 @@ InternalIterator* Version::TEST_GetLevelIterator(
       mutable_cf_options_.prefix_extractor, should_sample_file_read(),
       cfd_->internal_stats()->GetFileReadHist(level),
       TableReaderCaller::kUserIterator, IsFilterSkipped(level), level,
+      mutable_cf_options_.block_protection_bytes_per_key,
       nullptr /* range_del_agg */, nullptr /* compaction_boundaries */,
       allow_unprepared_value, &tombstone_iter_ptr);
   if (read_options.ignore_range_deletions) {
@@ -1946,7 +1954,7 @@ void Version::AddIteratorsForLevel(const ReadOptions& read_options,
           /*skip_filters=*/false, /*level=*/0, max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin_,
           /*smallest_compaction_key=*/nullptr,
           /*largest_compaction_key=*/nullptr, allow_unprepared_value,
-          &tombstone_iter);
+          mutable_cf_options_.block_protection_bytes_per_key, &tombstone_iter);
       if (read_options.ignore_range_deletions) {
         merge_iter_builder->AddIterator(table_iter);
       } else {
@@ -1975,8 +1983,10 @@ void Version::AddIteratorsForLevel(const ReadOptions& read_options,
         mutable_cf_options_.prefix_extractor, should_sample_file_read(),
         cfd_->internal_stats()->GetFileReadHist(level),
         TableReaderCaller::kUserIterator, IsFilterSkipped(level), level,
-        /*range_del_agg=*/nullptr, /*compaction_boundaries=*/nullptr,
-        allow_unprepared_value, &tombstone_iter_ptr);
+        mutable_cf_options_.block_protection_bytes_per_key,
+        /*range_del_agg=*/nullptr,
+        /*compaction_boundaries=*/nullptr, allow_unprepared_value,
+        &tombstone_iter_ptr);
     if (read_options.ignore_range_deletions) {
       merge_iter_builder->AddIterator(level_iter);
     } else {
@@ -2019,7 +2029,8 @@ Status Version::OverlapWithLevelIterator(const ReadOptions& read_options,
           /*skip_filters=*/false, /*level=*/0, max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin_,
           /*smallest_compaction_key=*/nullptr,
           /*largest_compaction_key=*/nullptr,
-          /*allow_unprepared_value=*/false));
+          /*allow_unprepared_value=*/false,
+          mutable_cf_options_.block_protection_bytes_per_key));
       status = OverlapWithIterator(ucmp, smallest_user_key, largest_user_key,
                                    iter.get(), overlap);
       if (!status.ok() || *overlap) {
@@ -2034,7 +2045,8 @@ Status Version::OverlapWithLevelIterator(const ReadOptions& read_options,
         mutable_cf_options_.prefix_extractor, should_sample_file_read(),
         cfd_->internal_stats()->GetFileReadHist(level),
         TableReaderCaller::kUserIterator, IsFilterSkipped(level), level,
-        &range_del_agg));
+        mutable_cf_options_.block_protection_bytes_per_key, &range_del_agg,
+        nullptr, false));
     status = OverlapWithIterator(ucmp, smallest_user_key, largest_user_key,
                                  iter.get(), overlap);
   }
@@ -2333,7 +2345,8 @@ void Version::Get(const ReadOptions& read_options, const LookupKey& k,
     StopWatchNano timer(clock_, timer_enabled /* auto_start */);
     *status = table_cache_->Get(
         read_options, *internal_comparator(), *f->file_metadata, ikey,
-        &get_context, mutable_cf_options_.prefix_extractor,
+        &get_context, mutable_cf_options_.block_protection_bytes_per_key,
+        mutable_cf_options_.prefix_extractor,
         cfd_->internal_stats()->GetFileReadHist(fp.GetHitFileLevel()),
         IsFilterSkipped(static_cast<int>(fp.GetHitFileLevel()),
                         fp.IsHitFileLastInLevel()),
@@ -2578,7 +2591,8 @@ void Version::MultiGet(const ReadOptions& read_options, MultiGetRange* range,
                 read_options, *internal_comparator(), *f->file_metadata,
                 mutable_cf_options_.prefix_extractor,
                 cfd_->internal_stats()->GetFileReadHist(fp.GetHitFileLevel()),
-                fp.GetHitFileLevel(), &file_range, &table_handle);
+                fp.GetHitFileLevel(), &file_range, &table_handle,
+                mutable_cf_options_.block_protection_bytes_per_key);
             skip_range_deletions = true;
             if (status.ok()) {
               skip_filters = true;
@@ -2768,7 +2782,8 @@ Status Version::ProcessBatch(
           read_options, *internal_comparator(), *f->file_metadata,
           mutable_cf_options_.prefix_extractor,
           cfd_->internal_stats()->GetFileReadHist(fp.GetHitFileLevel()),
-          fp.GetHitFileLevel(), &file_range, &table_handle);
+          fp.GetHitFileLevel(), &file_range, &table_handle,
+          mutable_cf_options_.block_protection_bytes_per_key);
       if (status.ok()) {
         skip_filters = true;
         skip_range_deletions = true;
@@ -5217,7 +5232,8 @@ Status VersionSet::ProcessManifestWrites(
             true /* prefetch_index_and_filter_in_cache */,
             false /* is_initial_load */,
             mutable_cf_options_ptrs[i]->prefix_extractor,
-            MaxFileSizeForL0MetaPin(*mutable_cf_options_ptrs[i]), read_options);
+            MaxFileSizeForL0MetaPin(*mutable_cf_options_ptrs[i]), read_options,
+            mutable_cf_options_ptrs[i]->block_protection_bytes_per_key);
         if (!s.ok()) {
           if (db_options_->paranoid_checks) {
             break;
@@ -6553,10 +6569,11 @@ uint64_t VersionSet::ApproximateOffsetOf(const ReadOptions& read_options,
     // "key" falls in the range for this table.  Add the
     // approximate offset of "key" within the table.
     TableCache* table_cache = v->cfd_->table_cache();
+    const MutableCFOptions& cf_opts = v->GetMutableCFOptions();
     if (table_cache != nullptr) {
       result = table_cache->ApproximateOffsetOf(
           read_options, key, *f.file_metadata, caller, icmp,
-          v->GetMutableCFOptions().prefix_extractor);
+          cf_opts.block_protection_bytes_per_key, cf_opts.prefix_extractor);
     }
   }
   return result;
@@ -6596,9 +6613,10 @@ uint64_t VersionSet::ApproximateSize(const ReadOptions& read_options,
   if (table_cache == nullptr) {
     return 0;
   }
+  const MutableCFOptions& cf_opts = v->GetMutableCFOptions();
   return table_cache->ApproximateSize(
       read_options, start, end, *f.file_metadata, caller, icmp,
-      v->GetMutableCFOptions().prefix_extractor);
+      cf_opts.block_protection_bytes_per_key, cf_opts.prefix_extractor);
 }
 
 void VersionSet::RemoveLiveFiles(
@@ -6757,6 +6775,7 @@ InternalIterator* VersionSet::MakeInputIterator(
               /*smallest_compaction_key=*/nullptr,
               /*largest_compaction_key=*/nullptr,
               /*allow_unprepared_value=*/false,
+              c->mutable_cf_options()->block_protection_bytes_per_key,
               /*range_del_iter=*/&range_tombstone_iter);
           range_tombstones.emplace_back(range_tombstone_iter, nullptr);
         }
@@ -6770,8 +6789,9 @@ InternalIterator* VersionSet::MakeInputIterator(
             /*should_sample=*/false,
             /*no per level latency histogram=*/nullptr,
             TableReaderCaller::kCompaction, /*skip_filters=*/false,
-            /*level=*/static_cast<int>(c->level(which)), range_del_agg,
-            c->boundaries(which), false, &tombstone_iter_ptr);
+            /*level=*/static_cast<int>(c->level(which)),
+            c->mutable_cf_options()->block_protection_bytes_per_key,
+            range_del_agg, c->boundaries(which), false, &tombstone_iter_ptr);
         range_tombstones.emplace_back(nullptr, tombstone_iter_ptr);
       }
     }
@@ -7008,7 +7028,8 @@ Status VersionSet::VerifyFileMetadata(const ReadOptions& read_options,
     TableCache::TypedHandle* handle = nullptr;
     FileMetaData meta_copy = meta;
     status = table_cache->FindTable(
-        read_options, file_opts, *icmp, meta_copy, &handle, pe,
+        read_options, file_opts, *icmp, meta_copy, &handle,
+        cf_opts->block_protection_bytes_per_key, pe,
         /*no_io=*/false, /*record_read_stats=*/true,
         internal_stats->GetFileReadHist(level), false, level,
         /*prefetch_index_and_filter_in_cache*/ false, max_sz_for_l0_meta_pin,
diff --git a/db/version_set_sync_and_async.h b/db/version_set_sync_and_async.h
index 188c2e2f9..2507762e8 100644
--- a/db/version_set_sync_and_async.h
+++ b/db/version_set_sync_and_async.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ DEFINE_SYNC_AND_ASYNC(Status, Version::MultiGetFromSST)
   StopWatchNano timer(clock_, timer_enabled /* auto_start */);
   s = CO_AWAIT(table_cache_->MultiGet)(
       read_options, *internal_comparator(), *f->file_metadata, &file_range,
+      mutable_cf_options_.block_protection_bytes_per_key,
       mutable_cf_options_.prefix_extractor,
       cfd_->internal_stats()->GetFileReadHist(hit_file_level), skip_filters,
       skip_range_deletions, hit_file_level, table_handle);
diff --git a/db_stress_tool/db_stress_common.h b/db_stress_tool/db_stress_common.h
index d16fefe4c..8756932a7 100644
--- a/db_stress_tool/db_stress_common.h
+++ b/db_stress_tool/db_stress_common.h
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ DECLARE_bool(paranoid_file_checks);
 DECLARE_bool(fail_if_options_file_error);
 DECLARE_uint64(batch_protection_bytes_per_key);
 DECLARE_uint32(memtable_protection_bytes_per_key);
+DECLARE_uint32(block_protection_bytes_per_key);
 
 DECLARE_uint64(user_timestamp_size);
 DECLARE_string(secondary_cache_uri);
diff --git a/db_stress_tool/db_stress_gflags.cc b/db_stress_tool/db_stress_gflags.cc
index b6ee67269..9ce10f06c 100644
--- a/db_stress_tool/db_stress_gflags.cc
+++ b/db_stress_tool/db_stress_gflags.cc
@@ -975,6 +975,11 @@ DEFINE_uint32(
     "specified number of bytes per key. Currently the supported "
     "nonzero values are 1, 2, 4 and 8.");
 
+DEFINE_uint32(block_protection_bytes_per_key, 0,
+              "If nonzero, enables integrity protection in blocks at the "
+              "specified number of bytes per key. Currently the supported "
+              "nonzero values are 1, 2, 4 and 8.");
+
 DEFINE_string(file_checksum_impl, "none",
               "Name of an implementation for file_checksum_gen_factory, or "
               "\"none\" for null.");
diff --git a/db_stress_tool/db_stress_test_base.cc b/db_stress_tool/db_stress_test_base.cc
index 60a12b331..710c7687b 100644
--- a/db_stress_tool/db_stress_test_base.cc
+++ b/db_stress_tool/db_stress_test_base.cc
@@ -3122,6 +3122,7 @@ void InitializeOptionsFromFlags(
       FLAGS_verify_sst_unique_id_in_manifest;
   options.memtable_protection_bytes_per_key =
       FLAGS_memtable_protection_bytes_per_key;
+  options.block_protection_bytes_per_key = FLAGS_block_protection_bytes_per_key;
 
   // Integrated BlobDB
   options.enable_blob_files = FLAGS_enable_blob_files;
diff --git a/fuzz/sst_file_writer_fuzzer.cc b/fuzz/sst_file_writer_fuzzer.cc
index e93b9a3f5..676daf574 100644
--- a/fuzz/sst_file_writer_fuzzer.cc
+++ b/fuzz/sst_file_writer_fuzzer.cc
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ TableReader* NewTableReader(const std::string& sst_file_path,
   if (s.ok()) {
     ImmutableOptions iopts(options, cf_ioptions);
     TableReaderOptions t_opt(iopts, /*prefix_extractor=*/nullptr, env_options,
-                             cf_ioptions.internal_comparator);
+                             cf_ioptions.internal_comparator,
+                             0 /* block_protection_bytes_per_key */);
     t_opt.largest_seqno = kMaxSequenceNumber;
     s = options.table_factory->NewTableReader(t_opt, std::move(file_reader),
                                               file_size, &table_reader,
diff --git a/include/rocksdb/advanced_options.h b/include/rocksdb/advanced_options.h
index 5862126d0..ff0a40895 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/advanced_options.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/advanced_options.h
@@ -1122,6 +1122,20 @@ struct AdvancedColumnFamilyOptions {
   // only compatible changes are allowed.
   bool persist_user_defined_timestamps = true;
 
+  // Enable/disable per key-value checksum protection for in memory blocks.
+  //
+  // Checksum is constructed when a block is loaded into memory and verification
+  // is done for each key read from the block. This is useful for detecting
+  // in-memory data corruption. Note that this feature has a non-trivial
+  // negative impact on read performance. Different values of the
+  // option have similar performance impact, but different memory cost and
+  // corruption detection probability (e.g. 1 byte gives 255/256 chance for
+  // detecting a corruption).
+  //
+  // Default: 0 (no protection)
+  // Supported values: 0, 1, 2, 4, 8.
+  uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key = 0;
+
   // Create ColumnFamilyOptions with default values for all fields
   AdvancedColumnFamilyOptions();
   // Create ColumnFamilyOptions from Options
diff --git a/options/cf_options.cc b/options/cf_options.cc
index 2057e300a..0fccd5014 100644
--- a/options/cf_options.cc
+++ b/options/cf_options.cc
@@ -488,6 +488,10 @@ static std::unordered_map<std::string, OptionTypeInfo>
          {offsetof(struct MutableCFOptions, memtable_protection_bytes_per_key),
           OptionType::kUInt32T, OptionVerificationType::kNormal,
           OptionTypeFlags::kMutable}},
+        {"block_protection_bytes_per_key",
+         {offsetof(struct MutableCFOptions, block_protection_bytes_per_key),
+          OptionType::kUInt8T, OptionVerificationType::kNormal,
+          OptionTypeFlags::kMutable}},
         {kOptNameCompOpts,
          OptionTypeInfo::Struct(
              kOptNameCompOpts, &compression_options_type_info,
diff --git a/options/cf_options.h b/options/cf_options.h
index d5e8da734..37ef54c0c 100644
--- a/options/cf_options.h
+++ b/options/cf_options.h
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ struct MutableCFOptions {
                                    : options.last_level_temperature),
         memtable_protection_bytes_per_key(
             options.memtable_protection_bytes_per_key),
+        block_protection_bytes_per_key(options.block_protection_bytes_per_key),
         sample_for_compression(
             options.sample_for_compression),  // TODO: is 0 fine here?
         compression_per_level(options.compression_per_level) {
@@ -222,6 +223,7 @@ struct MutableCFOptions {
         bottommost_compression(kDisableCompressionOption),
         last_level_temperature(Temperature::kUnknown),
         memtable_protection_bytes_per_key(0),
+        block_protection_bytes_per_key(0),
         sample_for_compression(0) {}
 
   explicit MutableCFOptions(const Options& options);
@@ -312,6 +314,7 @@ struct MutableCFOptions {
   CompressionOptions bottommost_compression_opts;
   Temperature last_level_temperature;
   uint32_t memtable_protection_bytes_per_key;
+  uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key;
 
   uint64_t sample_for_compression;
   std::vector<CompressionType> compression_per_level;
diff --git a/options/options_helper.cc b/options/options_helper.cc
index fc651ffdb..abe5053d2 100644
--- a/options/options_helper.cc
+++ b/options/options_helper.cc
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ void UpdateColumnFamilyOptions(const MutableCFOptions& moptions,
       moptions.experimental_mempurge_threshold;
   cf_opts->memtable_protection_bytes_per_key =
       moptions.memtable_protection_bytes_per_key;
+  cf_opts->block_protection_bytes_per_key =
+      moptions.block_protection_bytes_per_key;
 
   // Compaction related options
   cf_opts->disable_auto_compactions = moptions.disable_auto_compactions;
diff --git a/options/options_settable_test.cc b/options/options_settable_test.cc
index c772c786c..6357b5e9e 100644
--- a/options/options_settable_test.cc
+++ b/options/options_settable_test.cc
@@ -552,7 +552,8 @@ TEST_F(OptionsSettableTest, ColumnFamilyOptionsAllFieldsSettable) {
       "compaction=false;age_for_warm=1;};"
       "blob_cache=1M;"
       "memtable_protection_bytes_per_key=2;"
-      "persist_user_defined_timestamps=true;",
+      "persist_user_defined_timestamps=true;"
+      "block_protection_bytes_per_key=1;",
       new_options));
 
   ASSERT_NE(new_options->blob_cache.get(), nullptr);
diff --git a/table/block_based/block.cc b/table/block_based/block.cc
index b9b5d6e7e..136275b6c 100644
--- a/table/block_based/block.cc
+++ b/table/block_based/block.cc
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE {
 // Helper routine: decode the next block entry starting at "p",
 // storing the number of shared key bytes, non_shared key bytes,
 // and the length of the value in "*shared", "*non_shared", and
-// "*value_length", respectively.  Will not derefence past "limit".
+// "*value_length", respectively.  Will not dereference past "limit".
 //
 // If any errors are detected, returns nullptr.  Otherwise, returns a
 // pointer to the key delta (just past the three decoded values).
@@ -137,17 +137,26 @@ struct DecodeEntryV4 {
     return DecodeKeyV4()(p, limit, shared, non_shared);
   }
 };
+
 void DataBlockIter::NextImpl() {
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+  if (TEST_Corrupt_Callback("DataBlockIter::NextImpl")) return;
+#endif
   bool is_shared = false;
   ParseNextDataKey(&is_shared);
+  ++cur_entry_idx_;
 }
 
 void MetaBlockIter::NextImpl() {
   bool is_shared = false;
   ParseNextKey<CheckAndDecodeEntry>(&is_shared);
+  ++cur_entry_idx_;
 }
 
-void IndexBlockIter::NextImpl() { ParseNextIndexKey(); }
+void IndexBlockIter::NextImpl() {
+  ParseNextIndexKey();
+  ++cur_entry_idx_;
+}
 
 void IndexBlockIter::PrevImpl() {
   assert(Valid());
@@ -166,6 +175,7 @@ void IndexBlockIter::PrevImpl() {
   // Loop until end of current entry hits the start of original entry
   while (ParseNextIndexKey() && NextEntryOffset() < original) {
   }
+  --cur_entry_idx_;
 }
 
 void MetaBlockIter::PrevImpl() {
@@ -187,6 +197,7 @@ void MetaBlockIter::PrevImpl() {
   while (ParseNextKey<CheckAndDecodeEntry>(&is_shared) &&
          NextEntryOffset() < original) {
   }
+  --cur_entry_idx_;
 }
 
 // Similar to IndexBlockIter::PrevImpl but also caches the prev entries
@@ -195,6 +206,7 @@ void DataBlockIter::PrevImpl() {
 
   assert(prev_entries_idx_ == -1 ||
          static_cast<size_t>(prev_entries_idx_) < prev_entries_.size());
+  --cur_entry_idx_;
   // Check if we can use cached prev_entries_
   if (prev_entries_idx_ > 0 &&
       prev_entries_[prev_entries_idx_].offset == current_) {
@@ -319,10 +331,10 @@ void MetaBlockIter::SeekImpl(const Slice& target) {
 //    inclusive; AND
 // 2) the last key of this block has a greater user_key from seek_user_key
 //
-// If the return value is TRUE, iter location has two possibilies:
-// 1) If iter is valid, it is set to a location as if set by BinarySeek. In
-//    this case, it points to the first key with a larger user_key or a matching
-//    user_key with a seqno no greater than the seeking seqno.
+// If the return value is TRUE, iter location has two possibilities:
+// 1) If iter is valid, it is set to a location as if set by SeekImpl(target).
+//    In this case, it points to the first key with a larger user_key or a
+//    matching user_key with a seqno no greater than the seeking seqno.
 // 2) If the iter is invalid, it means that either all the user_key is less
 //    than the seek_user_key, or the block ends with a matching user_key but
 //    with a smaller [ type | seqno ] (i.e. a larger seqno, or the same seqno
@@ -347,11 +359,11 @@ bool DataBlockIter::SeekForGetImpl(const Slice& target) {
     // boundary key: axy@50 (we make minimal assumption about a boundary key)
     // Block N+1:  [axy@10, ...   ]
     //
-    // If seek_key = axy@60, the search will starts from Block N.
+    // If seek_key = axy@60, the search will start from Block N.
     // Even if the user_key is not found in the hash map, the caller still
     // have to continue searching the next block.
     //
-    // In this case, we pretend the key is the the last restart interval.
+    // In this case, we pretend the key is in the last restart interval.
     // The while-loop below will search the last restart interval for the
     // key. It will stop at the first key that is larger than the seek_key,
     // or to the end of the block if no one is larger.
@@ -364,12 +376,15 @@ bool DataBlockIter::SeekForGetImpl(const Slice& target) {
   assert(restart_index < num_restarts_);
   SeekToRestartPoint(restart_index);
   current_ = GetRestartPoint(restart_index);
+  cur_entry_idx_ =
+      static_cast<int32_t>(restart_index * block_restart_interval_) - 1;
 
   uint32_t limit = restarts_;
   if (restart_index + 1 < num_restarts_) {
     limit = GetRestartPoint(restart_index + 1);
   }
   while (current_ < limit) {
+    ++cur_entry_idx_;
     bool shared;
     // Here we only linear seek the target key inside the restart interval.
     // If a key does not exist inside a restart interval, we avoid
@@ -381,14 +396,20 @@ bool DataBlockIter::SeekForGetImpl(const Slice& target) {
       // we stop at the first potential matching user key.
       break;
     }
+    // If the loop exits due to CompareCurrentKey(target) >= 0, then current key
+    // exists, and its checksum verification will be done in UpdateKey() called
+    // in SeekForGet().
+    // TODO(cbi): If this loop exits with current_ == restart_, per key-value
+    //  checksum will not be verified in UpdateKey() since Valid()
+    //  will return false.
   }
 
   if (current_ == restarts_) {
-    // Search reaches to the end of the block. There are three possibilites:
-    // 1) there is only one user_key match in the block (otherwise collsion).
+    // Search reaches to the end of the block. There are three possibilities:
+    // 1) there is only one user_key match in the block (otherwise collision).
     //    the matching user_key resides in the last restart interval, and it
     //    is the last key of the restart interval and of the block as well.
-    //    ParseNextKey() skiped it as its [ type | seqno ] is smaller.
+    //    ParseNextKey() skipped it as its [ type | seqno ] is smaller.
     //
     // 2) The seek_key is not found in the HashIndex Lookup(), i.e. kNoEntry,
     //    AND all existing user_keys in the restart interval are smaller than
@@ -424,6 +445,9 @@ bool DataBlockIter::SeekForGetImpl(const Slice& target) {
 }
 
 void IndexBlockIter::SeekImpl(const Slice& target) {
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+  if (TEST_Corrupt_Callback("IndexBlockIter::SeekImpl")) return;
+#endif
   TEST_SYNC_POINT("IndexBlockIter::Seek:0");
   PERF_TIMER_GUARD(block_seek_nanos);
   if (data_ == nullptr) {  // Not init yet
@@ -478,7 +502,9 @@ void DataBlockIter::SeekForPrevImpl(const Slice& target) {
   FindKeyAfterBinarySeek(seek_key, index, skip_linear_scan);
 
   if (!Valid()) {
-    SeekToLastImpl();
+    if (status_.ok()) {
+      SeekToLastImpl();
+    }
   } else {
     while (Valid() && CompareCurrentKey(seek_key) > 0) {
       PrevImpl();
@@ -502,7 +528,9 @@ void MetaBlockIter::SeekForPrevImpl(const Slice& target) {
   FindKeyAfterBinarySeek(seek_key, index, skip_linear_scan);
 
   if (!Valid()) {
-    SeekToLastImpl();
+    if (status_.ok()) {
+      SeekToLastImpl();
+    }
   } else {
     while (Valid() && CompareCurrentKey(seek_key) > 0) {
       PrevImpl();
@@ -517,6 +545,7 @@ void DataBlockIter::SeekToFirstImpl() {
   SeekToRestartPoint(0);
   bool is_shared = false;
   ParseNextDataKey(&is_shared);
+  cur_entry_idx_ = 0;
 }
 
 void MetaBlockIter::SeekToFirstImpl() {
@@ -526,15 +555,20 @@ void MetaBlockIter::SeekToFirstImpl() {
   SeekToRestartPoint(0);
   bool is_shared = false;
   ParseNextKey<CheckAndDecodeEntry>(&is_shared);
+  cur_entry_idx_ = 0;
 }
 
 void IndexBlockIter::SeekToFirstImpl() {
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+  if (TEST_Corrupt_Callback("IndexBlockIter::SeekToFirstImpl")) return;
+#endif
   if (data_ == nullptr) {  // Not init yet
     return;
   }
   status_ = Status::OK();
   SeekToRestartPoint(0);
   ParseNextIndexKey();
+  cur_entry_idx_ = 0;
 }
 
 void DataBlockIter::SeekToLastImpl() {
@@ -543,8 +577,10 @@ void DataBlockIter::SeekToLastImpl() {
   }
   SeekToRestartPoint(num_restarts_ - 1);
   bool is_shared = false;
+  cur_entry_idx_ = (num_restarts_ - 1) * block_restart_interval_;
   while (ParseNextDataKey(&is_shared) && NextEntryOffset() < restarts_) {
     // Keep skipping
+    ++cur_entry_idx_;
   }
 }
 
@@ -554,9 +590,13 @@ void MetaBlockIter::SeekToLastImpl() {
   }
   SeekToRestartPoint(num_restarts_ - 1);
   bool is_shared = false;
+  assert(num_restarts_ >= 1);
+  cur_entry_idx_ =
+      static_cast<int32_t>((num_restarts_ - 1) * block_restart_interval_);
   while (ParseNextKey<CheckAndDecodeEntry>(&is_shared) &&
          NextEntryOffset() < restarts_) {
-    // Keep skipping
+    // Will probably never reach here since restart_interval is always 1
+    ++cur_entry_idx_;
   }
 }
 
@@ -566,20 +606,12 @@ void IndexBlockIter::SeekToLastImpl() {
   }
   status_ = Status::OK();
   SeekToRestartPoint(num_restarts_ - 1);
+  cur_entry_idx_ = (num_restarts_ - 1) * block_restart_interval_;
   while (ParseNextIndexKey() && NextEntryOffset() < restarts_) {
-    // Keep skipping
+    ++cur_entry_idx_;
   }
 }
 
-template <class TValue>
-void BlockIter<TValue>::CorruptionError() {
-  current_ = restarts_;
-  restart_index_ = num_restarts_;
-  status_ = Status::Corruption("bad entry in block");
-  raw_key_.Clear();
-  value_.clear();
-}
-
 template <class TValue>
 template <typename DecodeEntryFunc>
 bool BlockIter<TValue>::ParseNextKey(bool* is_shared) {
@@ -666,12 +698,12 @@ bool IndexBlockIter::ParseNextIndexKey() {
 // restart_point   1: k, v (off, sz), k, v (delta-sz), ..., k, v (delta-sz)
 // ...
 // restart_point n-1: k, v (off, sz), k, v (delta-sz), ..., k, v (delta-sz)
-// where, k is key, v is value, and its encoding is in parenthesis.
+// where, k is key, v is value, and its encoding is in parentheses.
 // The format of each key is (shared_size, non_shared_size, shared, non_shared)
 // The format of each value, i.e., block handle, is (offset, size) whenever the
 // is_shared is false, which included the first entry in each restart point.
-// Otherwise the format is delta-size = block handle size - size of last block
-// handle.
+// Otherwise, the format is delta-size = the size of current block - the size o
+// last block.
 void IndexBlockIter::DecodeCurrentValue(bool is_shared) {
   Slice v(value_.data(), data_ + restarts_ - value_.data());
   // Delta encoding is used if `shared` != 0.
@@ -710,6 +742,7 @@ void BlockIter<TValue>::FindKeyAfterBinarySeek(const Slice& target,
   // to follow it up with NextImpl() to position the iterator at the restart
   // key.
   SeekToRestartPoint(index);
+  cur_entry_idx_ = static_cast<int32_t>(index * block_restart_interval_) - 1;
   NextImpl();
 
   if (!skip_linear_scan) {
@@ -728,6 +761,8 @@ void BlockIter<TValue>::FindKeyAfterBinarySeek(const Slice& target,
     while (true) {
       NextImpl();
       if (!Valid()) {
+        // TODO(cbi): per key-value checksum will not be verified in UpdateKey()
+        //  since Valid() will returns false.
         break;
       }
       if (current_ == max_offset) {
@@ -976,6 +1011,7 @@ Block::~Block() {
   // This sync point can be re-enabled if RocksDB can control the
   // initialization order of any/all static options created by the user.
   // TEST_SYNC_POINT("Block::~Block");
+  delete[] kv_checksum_;
 }
 
 Block::Block(BlockContents&& contents, size_t read_amp_bytes_per_bit,
@@ -1035,6 +1071,126 @@ Block::Block(BlockContents&& contents, size_t read_amp_bytes_per_bit,
   }
 }
 
+void Block::InitializeDataBlockProtectionInfo(uint8_t protection_bytes_per_key,
+                                              const Comparator* raw_ucmp) {
+  protection_bytes_per_key_ = 0;
+  if (protection_bytes_per_key > 0 && num_restarts_ > 0) {
+    // NewDataIterator() is called with protection_bytes_per_key_ = 0.
+    // This is intended since checksum is not constructed yet.
+    //
+    // We do not know global_seqno yet, so checksum computation and
+    // verification all assume global_seqno = 0.
+    std::unique_ptr<DataBlockIter> iter{NewDataIterator(
+        raw_ucmp, kDisableGlobalSequenceNumber, nullptr /* iter */,
+        nullptr /* stats */, true /* block_contents_pinned */)};
+    if (iter->status().ok()) {
+      block_restart_interval_ = iter->GetRestartInterval();
+    }
+    uint32_t num_keys = 0;
+    if (iter->status().ok()) {
+      num_keys = iter->NumberOfKeys(block_restart_interval_);
+    }
+    if (iter->status().ok()) {
+      checksum_size_ = num_keys * protection_bytes_per_key;
+      kv_checksum_ = new char[(size_t)checksum_size_];
+      size_t i = 0;
+      iter->SeekToFirst();
+      while (iter->Valid()) {
+        GenerateKVChecksum(kv_checksum_ + i, protection_bytes_per_key,
+                           iter->key(), iter->value());
+        iter->Next();
+        i += protection_bytes_per_key;
+      }
+      assert(!iter->status().ok() || i == num_keys * protection_bytes_per_key);
+    }
+    if (!iter->status().ok()) {
+      size_ = 0;  // Error marker
+      return;
+    }
+    protection_bytes_per_key_ = protection_bytes_per_key;
+  }
+}
+
+void Block::InitializeIndexBlockProtectionInfo(uint8_t protection_bytes_per_key,
+                                               const Comparator* raw_ucmp,
+                                               bool value_is_full,
+                                               bool index_has_first_key) {
+  protection_bytes_per_key_ = 0;
+  if (num_restarts_ > 0 && protection_bytes_per_key > 0) {
+    // Note that `global_seqno` and `key_includes_seq` are hardcoded here. They
+    // do not impact how the index block is parsed. During checksum
+    // construction/verification, we use the entire key buffer from
+    // raw_key_.GetKey() returned by iter->key() as the `key` part of key-value
+    // checksum, and the content of this buffer do not change for different
+    // values of `global_seqno` or `key_includes_seq`.
+    std::unique_ptr<IndexBlockIter> iter{NewIndexIterator(
+        raw_ucmp, kDisableGlobalSequenceNumber /* global_seqno */, nullptr,
+        nullptr /* Statistics */, true /* total_order_seek */,
+        index_has_first_key /* have_first_key */, false /* key_includes_seq */,
+        value_is_full, true /* block_contents_pinned */,
+        nullptr /* prefix_index */)};
+    if (iter->status().ok()) {
+      block_restart_interval_ = iter->GetRestartInterval();
+    }
+    uint32_t num_keys = 0;
+    if (iter->status().ok()) {
+      num_keys = iter->NumberOfKeys(block_restart_interval_);
+    }
+    if (iter->status().ok()) {
+      checksum_size_ = num_keys * protection_bytes_per_key;
+      kv_checksum_ = new char[(size_t)checksum_size_];
+      iter->SeekToFirst();
+      size_t i = 0;
+      while (iter->Valid()) {
+        GenerateKVChecksum(kv_checksum_ + i, protection_bytes_per_key,
+                           iter->key(), iter->raw_value());
+        iter->Next();
+        i += protection_bytes_per_key;
+      }
+      assert(!iter->status().ok() || i == num_keys * protection_bytes_per_key);
+    }
+    if (!iter->status().ok()) {
+      size_ = 0;  // Error marker
+      return;
+    }
+    protection_bytes_per_key_ = protection_bytes_per_key;
+  }
+}
+
+void Block::InitializeMetaIndexBlockProtectionInfo(
+    uint8_t protection_bytes_per_key) {
+  protection_bytes_per_key_ = 0;
+  if (num_restarts_ > 0 && protection_bytes_per_key > 0) {
+    std::unique_ptr<MetaBlockIter> iter{
+        NewMetaIterator(true /* block_contents_pinned */)};
+    if (iter->status().ok()) {
+      block_restart_interval_ = iter->GetRestartInterval();
+    }
+    uint32_t num_keys = 0;
+    if (iter->status().ok()) {
+      num_keys = iter->NumberOfKeys(block_restart_interval_);
+    }
+    if (iter->status().ok()) {
+      checksum_size_ = num_keys * protection_bytes_per_key;
+      kv_checksum_ = new char[(size_t)checksum_size_];
+      iter->SeekToFirst();
+      size_t i = 0;
+      while (iter->Valid()) {
+        GenerateKVChecksum(kv_checksum_ + i, protection_bytes_per_key,
+                           iter->key(), iter->value());
+        iter->Next();
+        i += protection_bytes_per_key;
+      }
+      assert(!iter->status().ok() || i == num_keys * protection_bytes_per_key);
+    }
+    if (!iter->status().ok()) {
+      size_ = 0;  // Error marker
+      return;
+    }
+    protection_bytes_per_key_ = protection_bytes_per_key;
+  }
+}
+
 MetaBlockIter* Block::NewMetaIterator(bool block_contents_pinned) {
   MetaBlockIter* iter = new MetaBlockIter();
   if (size_ < 2 * sizeof(uint32_t)) {
@@ -1045,7 +1201,8 @@ MetaBlockIter* Block::NewMetaIterator(bool block_contents_pinned) {
     iter->Invalidate(Status::OK());
   } else {
     iter->Initialize(data_, restart_offset_, num_restarts_,
-                     block_contents_pinned);
+                     block_contents_pinned, protection_bytes_per_key_,
+                     kv_checksum_, block_restart_interval_);
   }
   return iter;
 }
@@ -1072,7 +1229,8 @@ DataBlockIter* Block::NewDataIterator(const Comparator* raw_ucmp,
     ret_iter->Initialize(
         raw_ucmp, data_, restart_offset_, num_restarts_, global_seqno,
         read_amp_bitmap_.get(), block_contents_pinned,
-        data_block_hash_index_.Valid() ? &data_block_hash_index_ : nullptr);
+        data_block_hash_index_.Valid() ? &data_block_hash_index_ : nullptr,
+        protection_bytes_per_key_, kv_checksum_, block_restart_interval_);
     if (read_amp_bitmap_) {
       if (read_amp_bitmap_->GetStatistics() != stats) {
         // DB changed the Statistics pointer, we need to notify read_amp_bitmap_
@@ -1108,8 +1266,9 @@ IndexBlockIter* Block::NewIndexIterator(
         total_order_seek ? nullptr : prefix_index;
     ret_iter->Initialize(raw_ucmp, data_, restart_offset_, num_restarts_,
                          global_seqno, prefix_index_ptr, have_first_key,
-                         key_includes_seq, value_is_full,
-                         block_contents_pinned);
+                         key_includes_seq, value_is_full, block_contents_pinned,
+                         protection_bytes_per_key_, kv_checksum_,
+                         block_restart_interval_);
   }
 
   return ret_iter;
@@ -1125,6 +1284,7 @@ size_t Block::ApproximateMemoryUsage() const {
   if (read_amp_bitmap_) {
     usage += read_amp_bitmap_->ApproximateMemoryUsage();
   }
+  usage += checksum_size_;
   return usage;
 }
 
diff --git a/table/block_based/block.h b/table/block_based/block.h
index dfbca8663..68b6906fa 100644
--- a/table/block_based/block.h
+++ b/table/block_based/block.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "db/kv_checksum.h"
 #include "db/pinned_iterators_manager.h"
 #include "port/malloc.h"
 #include "rocksdb/advanced_cache.h"
@@ -240,6 +241,34 @@ class Block {
   // For TypedCacheInterface
   const Slice& ContentSlice() const { return contents_.data; }
 
+  // Initializes per key-value checksum protection.
+  // After this method is called, each DataBlockIterator returned
+  // by NewDataIterator will verify per key-value checksum for any key it read.
+  void InitializeDataBlockProtectionInfo(uint8_t protection_bytes_per_key,
+                                         const Comparator* raw_ucmp);
+
+  // Initializes per key-value checksum protection.
+  // After this method is called, each IndexBlockIterator returned
+  // by NewIndexIterator will verify per key-value checksum for any key it read.
+  // value_is_full and index_has_first_key are needed to be able to parse
+  // the index block content and construct checksums.
+  void InitializeIndexBlockProtectionInfo(uint8_t protection_bytes_per_key,
+                                          const Comparator* raw_ucmp,
+                                          bool value_is_full,
+                                          bool index_has_first_key);
+
+  // Initializes per key-value checksum protection.
+  // After this method is called, each MetaBlockIter returned
+  // by NewMetaIterator will verify per key-value checksum for any key it read.
+  void InitializeMetaIndexBlockProtectionInfo(uint8_t protection_bytes_per_key);
+
+  static void GenerateKVChecksum(char* checksum_ptr, uint8_t checksum_len,
+                                 const Slice& key, const Slice& value) {
+    ProtectionInfo64().ProtectKV(key, value).Encode(checksum_len, checksum_ptr);
+  }
+
+  const char* TEST_GetKVChecksum() const { return kv_checksum_; }
+
  private:
   BlockContents contents_;
   const char* data_;         // contents_.data.data()
@@ -247,6 +276,11 @@ class Block {
   uint32_t restart_offset_;  // Offset in data_ of restart array
   uint32_t num_restarts_;
   std::unique_ptr<BlockReadAmpBitmap> read_amp_bitmap_;
+  char* kv_checksum_{nullptr};
+  uint32_t checksum_size_{0};
+  // Used by block iterators to calculate current key index within a block
+  uint32_t block_restart_interval_{0};
+  uint8_t protection_bytes_per_key_{0};
   DataBlockHashIndex data_block_hash_index_;
 };
 
@@ -269,6 +303,14 @@ class Block {
 // `Seek()` logic would be implemented by subclasses in `SeekImpl()`. These
 // "Impl" functions are responsible for positioning `raw_key_` but not
 // invoking `UpdateKey()`.
+//
+// Per key-value checksum is enabled if relevant states are passed in during
+// `InitializeBase()`. The checksum verification is done in each call to
+// UpdateKey() for the current key. Each subclass is responsible for keeping
+// track of cur_entry_idx_, the index of the current key within the block.
+// BlockIter uses this index to get the corresponding checksum for current key.
+// Additional checksum verification may be done in subclasses if they read keys
+// other than the key being processed in UpdateKey().
 template <class TValue>
 class BlockIter : public InternalIteratorBase<TValue> {
  public:
@@ -286,9 +328,16 @@ class BlockIter : public InternalIteratorBase<TValue> {
     Cleanable::Reset();
   }
 
-  bool Valid() const override { return current_ < restarts_; }
+  bool Valid() const override {
+    // When status_ is not ok, iter should be invalid.
+    assert(status_.ok() || current_ >= restarts_);
+    return current_ < restarts_;
+  }
 
   virtual void SeekToFirst() override final {
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+    if (TEST_Corrupt_Callback("BlockIter::SeekToFirst")) return;
+#endif
     SeekToFirstImpl();
     UpdateKey();
   }
@@ -325,6 +374,7 @@ class BlockIter : public InternalIteratorBase<TValue> {
   }
 
   Status status() const override { return status_; }
+
   Slice key() const override {
     assert(Valid());
     return key_;
@@ -337,10 +387,22 @@ class BlockIter : public InternalIteratorBase<TValue> {
            (pinned_iters_mgr_ && !pinned_iters_mgr_->PinningEnabled()));
     status_.PermitUncheckedError();
   }
+
   void SetPinnedItersMgr(PinnedIteratorsManager* pinned_iters_mgr) override {
     pinned_iters_mgr_ = pinned_iters_mgr;
   }
+
   PinnedIteratorsManager* pinned_iters_mgr_ = nullptr;
+
+  bool TEST_Corrupt_Callback(const std::string& sync_point) {
+    bool corrupt = false;
+    TEST_SYNC_POINT_CALLBACK(sync_point, static_cast<void*>(&corrupt));
+
+    if (corrupt) {
+      CorruptionError();
+    }
+    return corrupt;
+  }
 #endif
 
   bool IsKeyPinned() const override {
@@ -377,27 +439,74 @@ class BlockIter : public InternalIteratorBase<TValue> {
   Status status_;
   // Key to be exposed to users.
   Slice key_;
+  SequenceNumber global_seqno_;
+
+  // Per key-value checksum related states
+  const char* kv_checksum_;
+  int32_t cur_entry_idx_;
+  uint32_t block_restart_interval_;
+  uint8_t protection_bytes_per_key_;
+
   bool key_pinned_;
   // Whether the block data is guaranteed to outlive this iterator, and
   // as long as the cleanup functions are transferred to another class,
   // e.g. PinnableSlice, the pointer to the bytes will still be valid.
   bool block_contents_pinned_;
-  SequenceNumber global_seqno_;
 
   virtual void SeekToFirstImpl() = 0;
   virtual void SeekToLastImpl() = 0;
   virtual void SeekImpl(const Slice& target) = 0;
   virtual void SeekForPrevImpl(const Slice& target) = 0;
   virtual void NextImpl() = 0;
-
   virtual void PrevImpl() = 0;
 
+  // Returns the restart interval of this block.
+  // Returns 0 if num_restarts_ <= 1 or if the BlockIter is not initialized.
+  virtual uint32_t GetRestartInterval() {
+    if (num_restarts_ <= 1 || data_ == nullptr) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+    SeekToFirstImpl();
+    uint32_t end_index = GetRestartPoint(1);
+    uint32_t count = 1;
+    while (NextEntryOffset() < end_index && status_.ok()) {
+      assert(Valid());
+      NextImpl();
+      ++count;
+    }
+    return count;
+  }
+
+  // Returns the number of keys in this block.
+  virtual uint32_t NumberOfKeys(uint32_t block_restart_interval) {
+    if (num_restarts_ == 0 || data_ == nullptr) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+    uint32_t count = (num_restarts_ - 1) * block_restart_interval;
+    // Add number of keys from the last restart interval
+    SeekToRestartPoint(num_restarts_ - 1);
+    while (NextEntryOffset() < restarts_ && status_.ok()) {
+      NextImpl();
+      ++count;
+    }
+    return count;
+  }
+
+  // Stores whether the current key has a shared bytes with prev key in
+  // *is_shared.
+  // Sets raw_key_, value_ to the current parsed key and value.
+  // Sets restart_index_ to point to the restart interval that contains
+  // the current key.
   template <typename DecodeEntryFunc>
   inline bool ParseNextKey(bool* is_shared);
 
+  // protection_bytes_per_key, kv_checksum, and block_restart_interval
+  // are needed only for per kv checksum verification.
   void InitializeBase(const Comparator* raw_ucmp, const char* data,
                       uint32_t restarts, uint32_t num_restarts,
-                      SequenceNumber global_seqno, bool block_contents_pinned) {
+                      SequenceNumber global_seqno, bool block_contents_pinned,
+                      uint8_t protection_bytes_per_key, const char* kv_checksum,
+                      uint32_t block_restart_interval) {
     assert(data_ == nullptr);  // Ensure it is called only once
     assert(num_restarts > 0);  // Ensure the param is valid
 
@@ -410,11 +519,41 @@ class BlockIter : public InternalIteratorBase<TValue> {
     global_seqno_ = global_seqno;
     block_contents_pinned_ = block_contents_pinned;
     cache_handle_ = nullptr;
+    cur_entry_idx_ = -1;
+    protection_bytes_per_key_ = protection_bytes_per_key;
+    kv_checksum_ = kv_checksum;
+    block_restart_interval_ = block_restart_interval;
+    // Checksum related states are either all 0/nullptr or all non-zero.
+    // One exception is when num_restarts == 0, block_restart_interval can be 0
+    // since we are not able to compute it.
+    assert((protection_bytes_per_key == 0 && kv_checksum == nullptr) ||
+           (protection_bytes_per_key > 0 && kv_checksum != nullptr &&
+            (block_restart_interval > 0 || num_restarts == 1)));
+  }
+
+  void CorruptionError(const std::string& error_msg = "bad entry in block") {
+    current_ = restarts_;
+    restart_index_ = num_restarts_;
+    status_ = Status::Corruption(error_msg);
+    raw_key_.Clear();
+    value_.clear();
+  }
+
+  void PerKVChecksumCorruptionError() {
+    std::string error_msg{
+        "Corrupted block entry: per key-value checksum verification "
+        "failed."};
+    error_msg.append(" Offset: " + std::to_string(current_) + ".");
+    error_msg.append(" Entry index: " + std::to_string(cur_entry_idx_) + ".");
+    CorruptionError(error_msg);
   }
 
   // Must be called every time a key is found that needs to be returned to user,
   // and may be called when no key is found (as a no-op). Updates `key_`,
   // `key_buf_`, and `key_pinned_` with info about the found key.
+  // Per key-value checksum verification is done if available for the key to be
+  // returned. Iterator is invalidated with corruption status if checksum
+  // verification fails.
   void UpdateKey() {
     key_buf_.Clear();
     if (!Valid()) {
@@ -433,6 +572,19 @@ class BlockIter : public InternalIteratorBase<TValue> {
       key_ = key_buf_.GetInternalKey();
       key_pinned_ = false;
     }
+    TEST_SYNC_POINT_CALLBACK("BlockIter::UpdateKey::value",
+                             (void*)value_.data());
+    TEST_SYNC_POINT_CALLBACK("Block::VerifyChecksum::checksum_len",
+                             &protection_bytes_per_key_);
+    if (protection_bytes_per_key_ > 0) {
+      if (!ProtectionInfo64()
+               .ProtectKV(raw_key_.GetKey(), value_)
+               .Verify(
+                   protection_bytes_per_key_,
+                   kv_checksum_ + protection_bytes_per_key_ * cur_entry_idx_)) {
+        PerKVChecksumCorruptionError();
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   // Returns the result of `Comparator::Compare()`, where the appropriate
@@ -464,7 +616,7 @@ class BlockIter : public InternalIteratorBase<TValue> {
     return static_cast<uint32_t>((value_.data() + value_.size()) - data_);
   }
 
-  uint32_t GetRestartPoint(uint32_t index) {
+  uint32_t GetRestartPoint(uint32_t index) const {
     assert(index < num_restarts_);
     return DecodeFixed32(data_ + restarts_ + index * sizeof(uint32_t));
   }
@@ -479,13 +631,20 @@ class BlockIter : public InternalIteratorBase<TValue> {
     value_ = Slice(data_ + offset, 0);
   }
 
-  void CorruptionError();
-
  protected:
   template <typename DecodeKeyFunc>
   inline bool BinarySeek(const Slice& target, uint32_t* index,
                          bool* is_index_key_result);
 
+  // Find the first key in restart interval `index` that is >= `target`.
+  // If there is no such key, iterator is positioned at the first key in
+  // restart interval `index + 1`.
+  // If is_index_key_result is true, it positions the iterator at the first key
+  // in this restart interval.
+  // Per key-value checksum verification is done for all keys scanned
+  // up to but not including the last key (the key that current_ points to
+  // when this function returns). This key's checksum is verified in
+  // UpdateKey().
   void FindKeyAfterBinarySeek(const Slice& target, uint32_t index,
                               bool is_index_key_result);
 };
@@ -494,22 +653,17 @@ class DataBlockIter final : public BlockIter<Slice> {
  public:
   DataBlockIter()
       : BlockIter(), read_amp_bitmap_(nullptr), last_bitmap_offset_(0) {}
-  DataBlockIter(const Comparator* raw_ucmp, const char* data, uint32_t restarts,
-                uint32_t num_restarts, SequenceNumber global_seqno,
-                BlockReadAmpBitmap* read_amp_bitmap, bool block_contents_pinned,
-                DataBlockHashIndex* data_block_hash_index)
-      : DataBlockIter() {
-    Initialize(raw_ucmp, data, restarts, num_restarts, global_seqno,
-               read_amp_bitmap, block_contents_pinned, data_block_hash_index);
-  }
   void Initialize(const Comparator* raw_ucmp, const char* data,
                   uint32_t restarts, uint32_t num_restarts,
                   SequenceNumber global_seqno,
                   BlockReadAmpBitmap* read_amp_bitmap,
                   bool block_contents_pinned,
-                  DataBlockHashIndex* data_block_hash_index) {
+                  DataBlockHashIndex* data_block_hash_index,
+                  uint8_t protection_bytes_per_key, const char* kv_checksum,
+                  uint32_t block_restart_interval) {
     InitializeBase(raw_ucmp, data, restarts, num_restarts, global_seqno,
-                   block_contents_pinned);
+                   block_contents_pinned, protection_bytes_per_key, kv_checksum,
+                   block_restart_interval);
     raw_key_.SetIsUserKey(false);
     read_amp_bitmap_ = read_amp_bitmap;
     last_bitmap_offset_ = current_ + 1;
@@ -527,7 +681,11 @@ class DataBlockIter final : public BlockIter<Slice> {
     return value_;
   }
 
+  // Returns if `target` may exist.
   inline bool SeekForGet(const Slice& target) {
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+    if (TEST_Corrupt_Callback("DataBlockIter::SeekForGet")) return true;
+#endif
     if (!data_block_hash_index_) {
       SeekImpl(target);
       UpdateKey();
@@ -599,11 +757,14 @@ class MetaBlockIter final : public BlockIter<Slice> {
  public:
   MetaBlockIter() : BlockIter() { raw_key_.SetIsUserKey(true); }
   void Initialize(const char* data, uint32_t restarts, uint32_t num_restarts,
-                  bool block_contents_pinned) {
+                  bool block_contents_pinned, uint8_t protection_bytes_per_key,
+                  const char* kv_checksum, uint32_t block_restart_interval) {
     // Initializes the iterator with a BytewiseComparator and
     // the raw key being a user key.
     InitializeBase(BytewiseComparator(), data, restarts, num_restarts,
-                   kDisableGlobalSequenceNumber, block_contents_pinned);
+                   kDisableGlobalSequenceNumber, block_contents_pinned,
+                   protection_bytes_per_key, kv_checksum,
+                   block_restart_interval);
     raw_key_.SetIsUserKey(true);
   }
 
@@ -613,12 +774,17 @@ class MetaBlockIter final : public BlockIter<Slice> {
   }
 
  protected:
+  friend Block;
   void SeekToFirstImpl() override;
   void SeekToLastImpl() override;
   void SeekImpl(const Slice& target) override;
   void SeekForPrevImpl(const Slice& target) override;
   void NextImpl() override;
   void PrevImpl() override;
+  // Meta index block's restart interval is always 1. See
+  // MetaIndexBuilder::MetaIndexBuilder() for hard-coded restart interval.
+  uint32_t GetRestartInterval() override { return 1; }
+  uint32_t NumberOfKeys(uint32_t) override { return num_restarts_; }
 };
 
 class IndexBlockIter final : public BlockIter<IndexValue> {
@@ -633,9 +799,13 @@ class IndexBlockIter final : public BlockIter<IndexValue> {
                   uint32_t restarts, uint32_t num_restarts,
                   SequenceNumber global_seqno, BlockPrefixIndex* prefix_index,
                   bool have_first_key, bool key_includes_seq,
-                  bool value_is_full, bool block_contents_pinned) {
+                  bool value_is_full, bool block_contents_pinned,
+                  uint8_t protection_bytes_per_key, const char* kv_checksum,
+                  uint32_t block_restart_interval) {
     InitializeBase(raw_ucmp, data, restarts, num_restarts,
-                   kDisableGlobalSequenceNumber, block_contents_pinned);
+                   kDisableGlobalSequenceNumber, block_contents_pinned,
+                   protection_bytes_per_key, kv_checksum,
+                   block_restart_interval);
     raw_key_.SetIsUserKey(!key_includes_seq);
     prefix_index_ = prefix_index;
     value_delta_encoded_ = !value_is_full;
@@ -666,11 +836,17 @@ class IndexBlockIter final : public BlockIter<IndexValue> {
     }
   }
 
+  Slice raw_value() const {
+    assert(Valid());
+    return value_;
+  }
+
   bool IsValuePinned() const override {
     return global_seqno_state_ != nullptr ? false : BlockIter::IsValuePinned();
   }
 
  protected:
+  friend Block;
   // IndexBlockIter follows a different contract for prefix iterator
   // from data iterators.
   // If prefix of the seek key `target` exists in the file, it must
@@ -692,11 +868,8 @@ class IndexBlockIter final : public BlockIter<IndexValue> {
   }
 
   void PrevImpl() override;
-
   void NextImpl() override;
-
   void SeekToFirstImpl() override;
-
   void SeekToLastImpl() override;
 
  private:
diff --git a/table/block_based/block_based_table_builder.cc b/table/block_based/block_based_table_builder.cc
index 2a8e44d1c..5121d1b43 100644
--- a/table/block_based/block_based_table_builder.cc
+++ b/table/block_based/block_based_table_builder.cc
@@ -450,7 +450,12 @@ struct BlockBasedTableBuilder::Rep {
                 table_options, data_block)),
         create_context(&table_options, ioptions.stats,
                        compression_type == kZSTD ||
-                           compression_type == kZSTDNotFinalCompression),
+                           compression_type == kZSTDNotFinalCompression,
+                       tbo.moptions.block_protection_bytes_per_key,
+                       tbo.internal_comparator.user_comparator(),
+                       !use_delta_encoding_for_index_values,
+                       table_opt.index_type ==
+                           BlockBasedTableOptions::kBinarySearchWithFirstKey),
         status_ok(true),
         io_status_ok(true) {
     if (tbo.target_file_size == 0) {
diff --git a/table/block_based/block_based_table_factory.cc b/table/block_based/block_based_table_factory.cc
index dc852e543..2bca07033 100644
--- a/table/block_based/block_based_table_factory.cc
+++ b/table/block_based/block_based_table_factory.cc
@@ -567,7 +567,8 @@ Status BlockBasedTableFactory::NewTableReader(
   return BlockBasedTable::Open(
       ro, table_reader_options.ioptions, table_reader_options.env_options,
       table_options_, table_reader_options.internal_comparator, std::move(file),
-      file_size, table_reader, table_reader_cache_res_mgr_,
+      file_size, table_reader_options.block_protection_bytes_per_key,
+      table_reader, table_reader_cache_res_mgr_,
       table_reader_options.prefix_extractor, prefetch_index_and_filter_in_cache,
       table_reader_options.skip_filters, table_reader_options.level,
       table_reader_options.immortal, table_reader_options.largest_seqno,
diff --git a/table/block_based/block_based_table_reader.cc b/table/block_based/block_based_table_reader.cc
index 0ed42348f..b51441661 100644
--- a/table/block_based/block_based_table_reader.cc
+++ b/table/block_based/block_based_table_reader.cc
@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@ Status BlockBasedTable::Open(
     const EnvOptions& env_options, const BlockBasedTableOptions& table_options,
     const InternalKeyComparator& internal_comparator,
     std::unique_ptr<RandomAccessFileReader>&& file, uint64_t file_size,
+    uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key,
     std::unique_ptr<TableReader>* table_reader,
     std::shared_ptr<CacheReservationManager> table_reader_cache_res_mgr,
     const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& prefix_extractor,
@@ -645,6 +646,7 @@ Status BlockBasedTable::Open(
   // meta-block reads.
   rep->compression_dict_handle = BlockHandle::NullBlockHandle();
 
+  rep->create_context.protection_bytes_per_key = block_protection_bytes_per_key;
   // Read metaindex
   std::unique_ptr<BlockBasedTable> new_table(
       new BlockBasedTable(rep, block_cache_tracer));
@@ -671,9 +673,11 @@ Status BlockBasedTable::Open(
            CompressionTypeToString(kZSTD) ||
        rep->table_properties->compression_name ==
            CompressionTypeToString(kZSTDNotFinalCompression));
-  rep->create_context =
-      BlockCreateContext(&rep->table_options, rep->ioptions.stats,
-                         blocks_definitely_zstd_compressed);
+  rep->create_context = BlockCreateContext(
+      &rep->table_options, rep->ioptions.stats,
+      blocks_definitely_zstd_compressed, block_protection_bytes_per_key,
+      rep->internal_comparator.user_comparator(), rep->index_value_is_full,
+      rep->index_has_first_key);
 
   // Check expected unique id if provided
   if (expected_unique_id != kNullUniqueId64x2) {
@@ -2168,6 +2172,9 @@ Status BlockBasedTable::Get(const ReadOptions& read_options, const Slice& key,
           }
         }
         s = biter.status();
+        if (!s.ok()) {
+          break;
+        }
       }
       // Write the block cache access record.
       if (block_cache_tracer_ && block_cache_tracer_->is_tracing_enabled()) {
diff --git a/table/block_based/block_based_table_reader.h b/table/block_based/block_based_table_reader.h
index df296a0d3..dafaa4ebf 100644
--- a/table/block_based/block_based_table_reader.h
+++ b/table/block_based/block_based_table_reader.h
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ class BlockBasedTable : public TableReader {
       const BlockBasedTableOptions& table_options,
       const InternalKeyComparator& internal_key_comparator,
       std::unique_ptr<RandomAccessFileReader>&& file, uint64_t file_size,
+      uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key,
       std::unique_ptr<TableReader>* table_reader,
       std::shared_ptr<CacheReservationManager> table_reader_cache_res_mgr =
           nullptr,
diff --git a/table/block_based/block_based_table_reader_test.cc b/table/block_based/block_based_table_reader_test.cc
index eb1175a7d..a6ee940d8 100644
--- a/table/block_based/block_based_table_reader_test.cc
+++ b/table/block_based/block_based_table_reader_test.cc
@@ -116,8 +116,9 @@ class BlockBasedTableReaderBaseTest : public testing::Test {
                                 bool prefetch_index_and_filter_in_cache = true,
                                 Status* status = nullptr) {
     const MutableCFOptions moptions(options_);
-    TableReaderOptions table_reader_options = TableReaderOptions(
-        ioptions, moptions.prefix_extractor, EnvOptions(), comparator);
+    TableReaderOptions table_reader_options =
+        TableReaderOptions(ioptions, moptions.prefix_extractor, EnvOptions(),
+                           comparator, 0 /* block_protection_bytes_per_key */);
 
     std::unique_ptr<RandomAccessFileReader> file;
     NewFileReader(table_name, foptions, &file);
diff --git a/table/block_based/block_cache.cc b/table/block_based/block_cache.cc
index 318d30d84..a252899d2 100644
--- a/table/block_based/block_cache.cc
+++ b/table/block_based/block_cache.cc
@@ -11,17 +11,25 @@ void BlockCreateContext::Create(std::unique_ptr<Block_kData>* parsed_out,
                                 BlockContents&& block) {
   parsed_out->reset(new Block_kData(
       std::move(block), table_options->read_amp_bytes_per_bit, statistics));
+  parsed_out->get()->InitializeDataBlockProtectionInfo(protection_bytes_per_key,
+                                                       raw_ucmp);
 }
 void BlockCreateContext::Create(std::unique_ptr<Block_kIndex>* parsed_out,
                                 BlockContents&& block) {
   parsed_out->reset(new Block_kIndex(std::move(block),
                                      /*read_amp_bytes_per_bit*/ 0, statistics));
+  parsed_out->get()->InitializeIndexBlockProtectionInfo(
+      protection_bytes_per_key, raw_ucmp, index_value_is_full,
+      index_has_first_key);
 }
 void BlockCreateContext::Create(
     std::unique_ptr<Block_kFilterPartitionIndex>* parsed_out,
     BlockContents&& block) {
   parsed_out->reset(new Block_kFilterPartitionIndex(
       std::move(block), /*read_amp_bytes_per_bit*/ 0, statistics));
+  parsed_out->get()->InitializeIndexBlockProtectionInfo(
+      protection_bytes_per_key, raw_ucmp, index_value_is_full,
+      index_has_first_key);
 }
 void BlockCreateContext::Create(
     std::unique_ptr<Block_kRangeDeletion>* parsed_out, BlockContents&& block) {
@@ -32,6 +40,8 @@ void BlockCreateContext::Create(std::unique_ptr<Block_kMetaIndex>* parsed_out,
                                 BlockContents&& block) {
   parsed_out->reset(new Block_kMetaIndex(
       std::move(block), /*read_amp_bytes_per_bit*/ 0, statistics));
+  parsed_out->get()->InitializeMetaIndexBlockProtectionInfo(
+      protection_bytes_per_key);
 }
 
 void BlockCreateContext::Create(
diff --git a/table/block_based/block_cache.h b/table/block_based/block_cache.h
index ec39405fe..00eaface3 100644
--- a/table/block_based/block_cache.h
+++ b/table/block_based/block_cache.h
@@ -70,14 +70,26 @@ class Block_kMetaIndex : public Block {
 struct BlockCreateContext : public Cache::CreateContext {
   BlockCreateContext() {}
   BlockCreateContext(const BlockBasedTableOptions* _table_options,
-                     Statistics* _statistics, bool _using_zstd)
+                     Statistics* _statistics, bool _using_zstd,
+                     uint8_t _protection_bytes_per_key,
+                     const Comparator* _raw_ucmp,
+                     bool _index_value_is_full = false,
+                     bool _index_has_first_key = false)
       : table_options(_table_options),
         statistics(_statistics),
-        using_zstd(_using_zstd) {}
+        using_zstd(_using_zstd),
+        protection_bytes_per_key(_protection_bytes_per_key),
+        raw_ucmp(_raw_ucmp),
+        index_value_is_full(_index_value_is_full),
+        index_has_first_key(_index_has_first_key) {}
 
   const BlockBasedTableOptions* table_options = nullptr;
   Statistics* statistics = nullptr;
   bool using_zstd = false;
+  uint8_t protection_bytes_per_key = 0;
+  const Comparator* raw_ucmp = nullptr;
+  bool index_value_is_full;
+  bool index_has_first_key;
 
   // For TypedCacheInterface
   template <typename TBlocklike>
diff --git a/table/block_based/block_test.cc b/table/block_based/block_test.cc
index 83b87fe79..90a47ef2c 100644
--- a/table/block_based/block_test.cc
+++ b/table/block_based/block_test.cc
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "db/db_test_util.h"
 #include "db/dbformat.h"
 #include "db/memtable.h"
 #include "db/write_batch_internal.h"
@@ -506,7 +507,7 @@ class IndexBlockTest
 void GenerateRandomIndexEntries(std::vector<std::string> *separators,
                                 std::vector<BlockHandle> *block_handles,
                                 std::vector<std::string> *first_keys,
-                                const int len) {
+                                const int len, bool zero_seqno = false) {
   Random rnd(42);
 
   // For each of `len` blocks, we need to generate a first and last key.
@@ -514,7 +515,11 @@ void GenerateRandomIndexEntries(std::vector<std::string> *separators,
   std::set<std::string> keys;
   while ((int)keys.size() < len * 2) {
     // Keys need to be at least 8 bytes long to look like internal keys.
-    keys.insert(test::RandomKey(&rnd, 12));
+    std::string new_key = test::RandomKey(&rnd, 12);
+    if (zero_seqno) {
+      AppendInternalKeyFooter(&new_key, 0 /* seqno */, kTypeValue);
+    }
+    keys.insert(std::move(new_key));
   }
 
   uint64_t offset = 0;
@@ -618,6 +623,917 @@ INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(P, IndexBlockTest,
                                           std::make_tuple(true, false),
                                           std::make_tuple(true, true)));
 
+class BlockPerKVChecksumTest : public DBTestBase {
+ public:
+  BlockPerKVChecksumTest()
+      : DBTestBase("block_per_kv_checksum", /*env_do_fsync=*/false) {}
+
+  template <typename TBlockIter>
+  void TestIterateForward(std::unique_ptr<TBlockIter> &biter,
+                          size_t &verification_count) {
+    while (biter->Valid()) {
+      verification_count = 0;
+      biter->Next();
+      if (biter->Valid()) {
+        ASSERT_GE(verification_count, 1);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  template <typename TBlockIter>
+  void TestIterateBackward(std::unique_ptr<TBlockIter> &biter,
+                           size_t &verification_count) {
+    while (biter->Valid()) {
+      verification_count = 0;
+      biter->Prev();
+      if (biter->Valid()) {
+        ASSERT_GE(verification_count, 1);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  template <typename TBlockIter>
+  void TestSeekToFirst(std::unique_ptr<TBlockIter> &biter,
+                       size_t &verification_count) {
+    verification_count = 0;
+    biter->SeekToFirst();
+    ASSERT_GE(verification_count, 1);
+    TestIterateForward(biter, verification_count);
+  }
+
+  template <typename TBlockIter>
+  void TestSeekToLast(std::unique_ptr<TBlockIter> &biter,
+                      size_t &verification_count) {
+    verification_count = 0;
+    biter->SeekToLast();
+    ASSERT_GE(verification_count, 1);
+    TestIterateBackward(biter, verification_count);
+  }
+
+  template <typename TBlockIter>
+  void TestSeekForPrev(std::unique_ptr<TBlockIter> &biter,
+                       size_t &verification_count, std::string k) {
+    verification_count = 0;
+    biter->SeekForPrev(k);
+    ASSERT_GE(verification_count, 1);
+    TestIterateBackward(biter, verification_count);
+  }
+
+  template <typename TBlockIter>
+  void TestSeek(std::unique_ptr<TBlockIter> &biter, size_t &verification_count,
+                std::string k) {
+    verification_count = 0;
+    biter->Seek(k);
+    ASSERT_GE(verification_count, 1);
+    TestIterateForward(biter, verification_count);
+  }
+
+  bool VerifyChecksum(uint32_t checksum_len, const char *checksum_ptr,
+                      const Slice &key, const Slice &val) {
+    if (!checksum_len) {
+      return checksum_ptr == nullptr;
+    }
+    return ProtectionInfo64().ProtectKV(key, val).Verify(
+        static_cast<uint8_t>(checksum_len), checksum_ptr);
+  }
+};
+
+TEST_F(BlockPerKVChecksumTest, EmptyBlock) {
+  // Tests that empty block code path is not broken by per kv checksum.
+  BlockBuilder builder(
+      16 /* block_restart_interval */, true /* use_delta_encoding */,
+      false /* use_value_delta_encoding */,
+      BlockBasedTableOptions::DataBlockIndexType::kDataBlockBinarySearch);
+  Slice raw_block = builder.Finish();
+  BlockContents contents;
+  contents.data = raw_block;
+
+  std::unique_ptr<Block_kData> data_block;
+  Options options = Options();
+  BlockBasedTableOptions tbo;
+  uint8_t protection_bytes_per_key = 8;
+  BlockCreateContext create_context{
+      &tbo, nullptr /* statistics */, false /* using_zstd */,
+      protection_bytes_per_key, options.comparator};
+  create_context.Create(&data_block, std::move(contents));
+  std::unique_ptr<DataBlockIter> biter{data_block->NewDataIterator(
+      options.comparator, kDisableGlobalSequenceNumber)};
+  biter->SeekToFirst();
+  ASSERT_FALSE(biter->Valid());
+  ASSERT_OK(biter->status());
+  Random rnd(33);
+  biter->SeekForGet(GenerateInternalKey(1, 1, 10, &rnd));
+  ASSERT_FALSE(biter->Valid());
+  ASSERT_OK(biter->status());
+  biter->SeekToLast();
+  ASSERT_FALSE(biter->Valid());
+  ASSERT_OK(biter->status());
+  biter->Seek(GenerateInternalKey(1, 1, 10, &rnd));
+  ASSERT_FALSE(biter->Valid());
+  ASSERT_OK(biter->status());
+  biter->SeekForPrev(GenerateInternalKey(1, 1, 10, &rnd));
+  ASSERT_FALSE(biter->Valid());
+  ASSERT_OK(biter->status());
+}
+
+TEST_F(BlockPerKVChecksumTest, UnsupportedOptionValue) {
+  Options options = Options();
+  options.block_protection_bytes_per_key = 128;
+  Destroy(options);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(TryReopen(options).IsNotSupported());
+}
+
+TEST_F(BlockPerKVChecksumTest, InitializeProtectionInfo) {
+  // Make sure that the checksum construction code path does not break
+  // when the block is itself already corrupted.
+  Options options = Options();
+  BlockBasedTableOptions tbo;
+  uint8_t protection_bytes_per_key = 8;
+  BlockCreateContext create_context{
+      &tbo, nullptr /* statistics */, false /* using_zstd */,
+      protection_bytes_per_key, options.comparator};
+
+  {
+    std::string invalid_content = "1";
+    Slice raw_block = invalid_content;
+    BlockContents contents;
+    contents.data = raw_block;
+    std::unique_ptr<Block_kData> data_block;
+    create_context.Create(&data_block, std::move(contents));
+    std::unique_ptr<DataBlockIter> iter{data_block->NewDataIterator(
+        options.comparator, kDisableGlobalSequenceNumber)};
+    ASSERT_TRUE(iter->status().IsCorruption());
+  }
+  {
+    std::string invalid_content = "1";
+    Slice raw_block = invalid_content;
+    BlockContents contents;
+    contents.data = raw_block;
+    std::unique_ptr<Block_kIndex> index_block;
+    create_context.Create(&index_block, std::move(contents));
+    std::unique_ptr<IndexBlockIter> iter{index_block->NewIndexIterator(
+        options.comparator, kDisableGlobalSequenceNumber, nullptr, nullptr,
+        true, false, true, true)};
+    ASSERT_TRUE(iter->status().IsCorruption());
+  }
+  {
+    std::string invalid_content = "1";
+    Slice raw_block = invalid_content;
+    BlockContents contents;
+    contents.data = raw_block;
+    std::unique_ptr<Block_kMetaIndex> meta_block;
+    create_context.Create(&meta_block, std::move(contents));
+    std::unique_ptr<MetaBlockIter> iter{meta_block->NewMetaIterator(true)};
+    ASSERT_TRUE(iter->status().IsCorruption());
+  }
+}
+
+TEST_F(BlockPerKVChecksumTest, ApproximateMemory) {
+  // Tests that ApproximateMemoryUsage() includes memory used by block kv
+  // checksum.
+  const int kNumRecords = 20;
+  std::vector<std::string> keys;
+  std::vector<std::string> values;
+  GenerateRandomKVs(&keys, &values, 0, kNumRecords, 1 /* step */,
+                    24 /* padding_size */);
+  std::unique_ptr<BlockBuilder> builder;
+  auto generate_block_content = [&]() {
+    builder = std::make_unique<BlockBuilder>(16 /* restart_interval */);
+    for (int i = 0; i < kNumRecords; ++i) {
+      builder->Add(keys[i], values[i]);
+    }
+    Slice raw_block = builder->Finish();
+    BlockContents contents;
+    contents.data = raw_block;
+    return contents;
+  };
+
+  Options options = Options();
+  BlockBasedTableOptions tbo;
+  uint8_t protection_bytes_per_key = 8;
+  BlockCreateContext with_checksum_create_context{
+      &tbo,
+      nullptr /* statistics */,
+      false /* using_zstd */,
+      protection_bytes_per_key,
+      options.comparator,
+      true /* index_value_is_full */};
+  BlockCreateContext create_context{
+      &tbo, nullptr /* statistics */, false /* using_zstd */,
+      0,    options.comparator,       true /* index_value_is_full */};
+
+  {
+    std::unique_ptr<Block_kData> data_block;
+    create_context.Create(&data_block, generate_block_content());
+    size_t block_memory = data_block->ApproximateMemoryUsage();
+    std::unique_ptr<Block_kData> with_checksum_data_block;
+    with_checksum_create_context.Create(&with_checksum_data_block,
+                                        generate_block_content());
+    ASSERT_GT(with_checksum_data_block->ApproximateMemoryUsage() - block_memory,
+              100);
+  }
+
+  {
+    std::unique_ptr<Block_kData> meta_block;
+    create_context.Create(&meta_block, generate_block_content());
+    size_t block_memory = meta_block->ApproximateMemoryUsage();
+    std::unique_ptr<Block_kData> with_checksum_meta_block;
+    with_checksum_create_context.Create(&with_checksum_meta_block,
+                                        generate_block_content());
+    // Rough comparison to avoid flaky test due to memory allocation alignment.
+    ASSERT_GT(with_checksum_meta_block->ApproximateMemoryUsage() - block_memory,
+              100);
+  }
+
+  {
+    // Index block has different contents.
+    std::vector<std::string> separators;
+    std::vector<BlockHandle> block_handles;
+    std::vector<std::string> first_keys;
+    GenerateRandomIndexEntries(&separators, &block_handles, &first_keys,
+                               kNumRecords);
+    auto generate_index_content = [&]() {
+      builder = std::make_unique<BlockBuilder>(16 /* restart_interval */);
+      BlockHandle last_encoded_handle;
+      for (int i = 0; i < kNumRecords; ++i) {
+        IndexValue entry(block_handles[i], first_keys[i]);
+        std::string encoded_entry;
+        std::string delta_encoded_entry;
+        entry.EncodeTo(&encoded_entry, false, nullptr);
+        last_encoded_handle = entry.handle;
+        const Slice delta_encoded_entry_slice(delta_encoded_entry);
+        builder->Add(separators[i], encoded_entry, &delta_encoded_entry_slice);
+      }
+      Slice raw_block = builder->Finish();
+      BlockContents contents;
+      contents.data = raw_block;
+      return contents;
+    };
+
+    std::unique_ptr<Block_kIndex> index_block;
+    create_context.Create(&index_block, generate_index_content());
+    size_t block_memory = index_block->ApproximateMemoryUsage();
+    std::unique_ptr<Block_kIndex> with_checksum_index_block;
+    with_checksum_create_context.Create(&with_checksum_index_block,
+                                        generate_index_content());
+    ASSERT_GT(
+        with_checksum_index_block->ApproximateMemoryUsage() - block_memory,
+        100);
+  }
+}
+
+std::string GetDataBlockIndexTypeStr(
+    BlockBasedTableOptions::DataBlockIndexType t) {
+  return t == BlockBasedTableOptions::DataBlockIndexType::kDataBlockBinarySearch
+             ? "BinarySearch"
+             : "BinaryAndHash";
+}
+
+class DataBlockKVChecksumTest
+    : public BlockPerKVChecksumTest,
+      public testing::WithParamInterface<std::tuple<
+          BlockBasedTableOptions::DataBlockIndexType,
+          uint8_t /* block_protection_bytes_per_key */,
+          uint32_t /* restart_interval*/, bool /* use_delta_encoding */>> {
+ public:
+  DataBlockKVChecksumTest() = default;
+
+  BlockBasedTableOptions::DataBlockIndexType GetDataBlockIndexType() const {
+    return std::get<0>(GetParam());
+  }
+  uint8_t GetChecksumLen() const { return std::get<1>(GetParam()); }
+  uint32_t GetRestartInterval() const { return std::get<2>(GetParam()); }
+  bool GetUseDeltaEncoding() const { return std::get<3>(GetParam()); }
+
+  std::unique_ptr<Block_kData> GenerateDataBlock(
+      std::vector<std::string> &keys, std::vector<std::string> &values,
+      int num_record) {
+    BlockBasedTableOptions tbo;
+    BlockCreateContext create_context{&tbo, nullptr /* statistics */,
+                                      false /* using_zstd */, GetChecksumLen(),
+                                      Options().comparator};
+    builder_ = std::make_unique<BlockBuilder>(
+        static_cast<int>(GetRestartInterval()),
+        GetUseDeltaEncoding() /* use_delta_encoding */,
+        false /* use_value_delta_encoding */, GetDataBlockIndexType());
+    for (int i = 0; i < num_record; i++) {
+      builder_->Add(keys[i], values[i]);
+    }
+    Slice raw_block = builder_->Finish();
+    BlockContents contents;
+    contents.data = raw_block;
+    std::unique_ptr<Block_kData> data_block;
+    create_context.Create(&data_block, std::move(contents));
+    return data_block;
+  }
+
+  std::unique_ptr<BlockBuilder> builder_;
+};
+
+INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(
+    P, DataBlockKVChecksumTest,
+    ::testing::Combine(
+        ::testing::Values(
+            BlockBasedTableOptions::DataBlockIndexType::kDataBlockBinarySearch,
+            BlockBasedTableOptions::DataBlockIndexType::
+                kDataBlockBinaryAndHash),
+        ::testing::Values(0, 1, 2, 4, 8) /* protection_bytes_per_key */,
+        ::testing::Values(1, 2, 3, 8, 16) /* restart_interval */,
+        ::testing::Values(false, true)) /* delta_encoding */,
+    [](const testing::TestParamInfo<std::tuple<
+           BlockBasedTableOptions::DataBlockIndexType, uint8_t, uint32_t, bool>>
+           &args) {
+      std::ostringstream oss;
+      oss << GetDataBlockIndexTypeStr(std::get<0>(args.param))
+          << "ProtectionPerKey" << std::to_string(std::get<1>(args.param))
+          << "RestartInterval" << std::to_string(std::get<2>(args.param))
+          << "DeltaEncode" << std::to_string(std::get<3>(args.param));
+      return oss.str();
+    });
+
+TEST_P(DataBlockKVChecksumTest, ChecksumConstructionAndVerification) {
+  uint8_t protection_bytes_per_key = GetChecksumLen();
+  std::vector<int> num_restart_intervals = {1, 16};
+  for (const auto num_restart_interval : num_restart_intervals) {
+    const int kNumRecords =
+        num_restart_interval * static_cast<int>(GetRestartInterval());
+    std::vector<std::string> keys;
+    std::vector<std::string> values;
+    GenerateRandomKVs(&keys, &values, 0, kNumRecords + 1, 1 /* step */,
+                      24 /* padding_size */);
+    SyncPoint::GetInstance()->DisableProcessing();
+    std::unique_ptr<Block_kData> data_block =
+        GenerateDataBlock(keys, values, kNumRecords);
+
+    const char *checksum_ptr = data_block->TEST_GetKVChecksum();
+    // Check checksum of correct length is generated
+    for (int i = 0; i < kNumRecords; i++) {
+      ASSERT_TRUE(VerifyChecksum(protection_bytes_per_key,
+                                 checksum_ptr + i * protection_bytes_per_key,
+                                 keys[i], values[i]));
+    }
+    std::vector<SequenceNumber> seqnos{kDisableGlobalSequenceNumber, 0};
+
+    // Could just use a boolean flag. Use a counter here just to keep open the
+    // possibility of checking the exact number of verifications in the future.
+    size_t verification_count = 0;
+    // The SyncPoint is placed before checking checksum_len == 0 in
+    // Block::VerifyChecksum(). So verification count is incremented even with
+    // protection_bytes_per_key = 0. No actual checksum computation is done in
+    // that case (see Block::VerifyChecksum()).
+    SyncPoint::GetInstance()->SetCallBack(
+        "Block::VerifyChecksum::checksum_len",
+        [&verification_count, protection_bytes_per_key](void *checksum_len) {
+          ASSERT_EQ((*static_cast<uint8_t *>(checksum_len)),
+                    protection_bytes_per_key);
+          ++verification_count;
+        });
+    SyncPoint::GetInstance()->EnableProcessing();
+
+    for (const auto seqno : seqnos) {
+      std::unique_ptr<DataBlockIter> biter{
+          data_block->NewDataIterator(Options().comparator, seqno)};
+
+      // SeekForGet() some key that does not exist
+      biter->SeekForGet(keys[kNumRecords]);
+      TestIterateForward(biter, verification_count);
+
+      verification_count = 0;
+      biter->SeekForGet(keys[kNumRecords / 2]);
+      ASSERT_GE(verification_count, 1);
+      TestIterateForward(biter, verification_count);
+
+      TestSeekToFirst(biter, verification_count);
+      TestSeekToLast(biter, verification_count);
+      TestSeekForPrev(biter, verification_count, keys[kNumRecords / 2]);
+      TestSeek(biter, verification_count, keys[kNumRecords / 2]);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+class IndexBlockKVChecksumTest
+    : public BlockPerKVChecksumTest,
+      public testing::WithParamInterface<
+          std::tuple<BlockBasedTableOptions::DataBlockIndexType, uint8_t,
+                     uint32_t, bool, bool>> {
+ public:
+  IndexBlockKVChecksumTest() = default;
+
+  BlockBasedTableOptions::DataBlockIndexType GetDataBlockIndexType() const {
+    return std::get<0>(GetParam());
+  }
+  uint8_t GetChecksumLen() const { return std::get<1>(GetParam()); }
+  uint32_t GetRestartInterval() const { return std::get<2>(GetParam()); }
+  bool UseValueDeltaEncoding() const { return std::get<3>(GetParam()); }
+  bool IncludeFirstKey() const { return std::get<4>(GetParam()); }
+
+  std::unique_ptr<Block_kIndex> GenerateIndexBlock(
+      std::vector<std::string> &separators,
+      std::vector<BlockHandle> &block_handles,
+      std::vector<std::string> &first_keys, int num_record) {
+    Options options = Options();
+    BlockBasedTableOptions tbo;
+    uint8_t protection_bytes_per_key = GetChecksumLen();
+    BlockCreateContext create_context{
+        &tbo,
+        nullptr /* statistics */,
+        false /* _using_zstd */,
+        protection_bytes_per_key,
+        options.comparator,
+        !UseValueDeltaEncoding() /* value_is_full */,
+        IncludeFirstKey()};
+    builder_ = std::make_unique<BlockBuilder>(
+        static_cast<int>(GetRestartInterval()), true /* use_delta_encoding */,
+        UseValueDeltaEncoding() /* use_value_delta_encoding */,
+        GetDataBlockIndexType());
+    BlockHandle last_encoded_handle;
+    for (int i = 0; i < num_record; i++) {
+      IndexValue entry(block_handles[i], first_keys[i]);
+      std::string encoded_entry;
+      std::string delta_encoded_entry;
+      entry.EncodeTo(&encoded_entry, IncludeFirstKey(), nullptr);
+      if (UseValueDeltaEncoding() && i > 0) {
+        entry.EncodeTo(&delta_encoded_entry, IncludeFirstKey(),
+                       &last_encoded_handle);
+      }
+
+      last_encoded_handle = entry.handle;
+      const Slice delta_encoded_entry_slice(delta_encoded_entry);
+      builder_->Add(separators[i], encoded_entry, &delta_encoded_entry_slice);
+    }
+    // read serialized contents of the block
+    Slice raw_block = builder_->Finish();
+    // create block reader
+    BlockContents contents;
+    contents.data = raw_block;
+    std::unique_ptr<Block_kIndex> index_block;
+
+    create_context.Create(&index_block, std::move(contents));
+    return index_block;
+  }
+
+  std::unique_ptr<BlockBuilder> builder_;
+};
+
+INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(
+    P, IndexBlockKVChecksumTest,
+    ::testing::Combine(
+        ::testing::Values(
+            BlockBasedTableOptions::DataBlockIndexType::kDataBlockBinarySearch,
+            BlockBasedTableOptions::DataBlockIndexType::
+                kDataBlockBinaryAndHash),
+        ::testing::Values(0, 1, 2, 4, 8), ::testing::Values(1, 3, 8, 16),
+        ::testing::Values(true, false), ::testing::Values(true, false)),
+    [](const testing::TestParamInfo<
+        std::tuple<BlockBasedTableOptions::DataBlockIndexType, uint8_t,
+                   uint32_t, bool, bool>> &args) {
+      std::ostringstream oss;
+      oss << GetDataBlockIndexTypeStr(std::get<0>(args.param)) << "ProtBytes"
+          << std::to_string(std::get<1>(args.param)) << "RestartInterval"
+          << std::to_string(std::get<2>(args.param)) << "ValueDeltaEncode"
+          << std::to_string(std::get<3>(args.param)) << "IncludeFirstKey"
+          << std::to_string(std::get<4>(args.param));
+      return oss.str();
+    });
+
+TEST_P(IndexBlockKVChecksumTest, ChecksumConstructionAndVerification) {
+  Options options = Options();
+  uint8_t protection_bytes_per_key = GetChecksumLen();
+  std::vector<int> num_restart_intervals = {1, 16};
+  std::vector<SequenceNumber> seqnos{kDisableGlobalSequenceNumber, 10001};
+
+  for (const auto num_restart_interval : num_restart_intervals) {
+    const int kNumRecords =
+        num_restart_interval * static_cast<int>(GetRestartInterval());
+    for (const auto seqno : seqnos) {
+      std::vector<std::string> separators;
+      std::vector<BlockHandle> block_handles;
+      std::vector<std::string> first_keys;
+      GenerateRandomIndexEntries(&separators, &block_handles, &first_keys,
+                                 kNumRecords,
+                                 seqno != kDisableGlobalSequenceNumber);
+      SyncPoint::GetInstance()->DisableProcessing();
+      std::unique_ptr<Block_kIndex> index_block = GenerateIndexBlock(
+          separators, block_handles, first_keys, kNumRecords);
+      IndexBlockIter *kNullIter = nullptr;
+      Statistics *kNullStats = nullptr;
+      // read contents of block sequentially
+      std::unique_ptr<IndexBlockIter> biter{index_block->NewIndexIterator(
+          options.comparator, seqno, kNullIter, kNullStats,
+          true /* total_order_seek */, IncludeFirstKey() /* have_first_key */,
+          true /* key_includes_seq */,
+          !UseValueDeltaEncoding() /* value_is_full */,
+          true /* block_contents_pinned */, nullptr /* prefix_index */)};
+      biter->SeekToFirst();
+      const char *checksum_ptr = index_block->TEST_GetKVChecksum();
+      // Check checksum of correct length is generated
+      for (int i = 0; i < kNumRecords; i++) {
+        // Obtaining the actual content written as value to index block is not
+        // trivial: delta-encoded value is only persisted when not at block
+        // restart point and that keys share some byte (see more in
+        // BlockBuilder::AddWithLastKeyImpl()). So here we just do verification
+        // using value from iterator unlike tests for DataBlockIter or
+        // MetaBlockIter.
+        ASSERT_TRUE(VerifyChecksum(protection_bytes_per_key, checksum_ptr,
+                                   biter->key(), biter->raw_value()));
+      }
+
+      size_t verification_count = 0;
+      // The SyncPoint is placed before checking checksum_len == 0 in
+      // Block::VerifyChecksum(). To make the testing code below simpler and not
+      // having to differentiate 0 vs non-0 checksum_len, we do an explicit
+      // assert checking on checksum_len here.
+      SyncPoint::GetInstance()->SetCallBack(
+          "Block::VerifyChecksum::checksum_len",
+          [&verification_count, protection_bytes_per_key](void *checksum_len) {
+            ASSERT_EQ((*static_cast<uint8_t *>(checksum_len)),
+                      protection_bytes_per_key);
+            ++verification_count;
+          });
+      SyncPoint::GetInstance()->EnableProcessing();
+
+      TestSeekToFirst(biter, verification_count);
+      TestSeekToLast(biter, verification_count);
+      TestSeek(biter, verification_count, first_keys[kNumRecords / 2]);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+class MetaIndexBlockKVChecksumTest
+    : public BlockPerKVChecksumTest,
+      public testing::WithParamInterface<
+          uint8_t /* block_protection_bytes_per_key */> {
+ public:
+  MetaIndexBlockKVChecksumTest() = default;
+  uint8_t GetChecksumLen() const { return GetParam(); }
+  uint32_t GetRestartInterval() const { return 1; }
+
+  std::unique_ptr<Block_kMetaIndex> GenerateMetaIndexBlock(
+      std::vector<std::string> &keys, std::vector<std::string> &values,
+      int num_record) {
+    Options options = Options();
+    BlockBasedTableOptions tbo;
+    uint8_t protection_bytes_per_key = GetChecksumLen();
+    BlockCreateContext create_context{
+        &tbo, nullptr /* statistics */, false /* using_zstd */,
+        protection_bytes_per_key, options.comparator};
+    builder_ =
+        std::make_unique<BlockBuilder>(static_cast<int>(GetRestartInterval()));
+    // add a bunch of records to a block
+    for (int i = 0; i < num_record; i++) {
+      builder_->Add(keys[i], values[i]);
+    }
+    Slice raw_block = builder_->Finish();
+    BlockContents contents;
+    contents.data = raw_block;
+    std::unique_ptr<Block_kMetaIndex> meta_block;
+    create_context.Create(&meta_block, std::move(contents));
+    return meta_block;
+  }
+
+  std::unique_ptr<BlockBuilder> builder_;
+};
+
+INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(P, MetaIndexBlockKVChecksumTest,
+                        ::testing::Values(0, 1, 2, 4, 8),
+                        [](const testing::TestParamInfo<uint8_t> &args) {
+                          std::ostringstream oss;
+                          oss << "ProtBytes" << std::to_string(args.param);
+                          return oss.str();
+                        });
+
+TEST_P(MetaIndexBlockKVChecksumTest, ChecksumConstructionAndVerification) {
+  Options options = Options();
+  BlockBasedTableOptions tbo;
+  uint8_t protection_bytes_per_key = GetChecksumLen();
+  BlockCreateContext create_context{
+      &tbo, nullptr /* statistics */, false /* using_zstd */,
+      protection_bytes_per_key, options.comparator};
+  std::vector<int> num_restart_intervals = {1, 16};
+  for (const auto num_restart_interval : num_restart_intervals) {
+    const int kNumRecords = num_restart_interval * GetRestartInterval();
+    std::vector<std::string> keys;
+    std::vector<std::string> values;
+    GenerateRandomKVs(&keys, &values, 0, kNumRecords + 1, 1 /* step */,
+                      24 /* padding_size */);
+    SyncPoint::GetInstance()->DisableProcessing();
+    std::unique_ptr<Block_kMetaIndex> meta_block =
+        GenerateMetaIndexBlock(keys, values, kNumRecords);
+    const char *checksum_ptr = meta_block->TEST_GetKVChecksum();
+    // Check checksum of correct length is generated
+    for (int i = 0; i < kNumRecords; i++) {
+      ASSERT_TRUE(VerifyChecksum(protection_bytes_per_key,
+                                 checksum_ptr + i * protection_bytes_per_key,
+                                 keys[i], values[i]));
+    }
+
+    size_t verification_count = 0;
+    // The SyncPoint is placed before checking checksum_len == 0 in
+    // Block::VerifyChecksum(). To make the testing code below simpler and not
+    // having to differentiate 0 vs non-0 checksum_len, we do an explicit assert
+    // checking on checksum_len here.
+    SyncPoint::GetInstance()->SetCallBack(
+        "Block::VerifyChecksum::checksum_len",
+        [&verification_count, protection_bytes_per_key](void *checksum_len) {
+          ASSERT_EQ((*static_cast<uint8_t *>(checksum_len)),
+                    protection_bytes_per_key);
+          ++verification_count;
+        });
+    SyncPoint::GetInstance()->EnableProcessing();
+    // Check that block iterator does checksum verification
+    std::unique_ptr<MetaBlockIter> biter{
+        meta_block->NewMetaIterator(true /* block_contents_pinned */)};
+    TestSeekToFirst(biter, verification_count);
+    TestSeekToLast(biter, verification_count);
+    TestSeek(biter, verification_count, keys[kNumRecords / 2]);
+    TestSeekForPrev(biter, verification_count, keys[kNumRecords / 2]);
+  }
+}
+
+class DataBlockKVChecksumCorruptionTest : public DataBlockKVChecksumTest {
+ public:
+  DataBlockKVChecksumCorruptionTest() = default;
+
+  std::unique_ptr<DataBlockIter> GenerateDataBlockIter(
+      std::vector<std::string> &keys, std::vector<std::string> &values,
+      int num_record) {
+    // During Block construction, we may create block iter to initialize per kv
+    // checksum. Disable syncpoint that may be created for block iter methods.
+    SyncPoint::GetInstance()->DisableProcessing();
+    block_ = GenerateDataBlock(keys, values, num_record);
+    std::unique_ptr<DataBlockIter> biter{block_->NewDataIterator(
+        Options().comparator, kDisableGlobalSequenceNumber)};
+    SyncPoint::GetInstance()->EnableProcessing();
+    return biter;
+  }
+
+ protected:
+  std::unique_ptr<Block_kData> block_;
+};
+
+TEST_P(DataBlockKVChecksumCorruptionTest, CorruptEntry) {
+  std::vector<int> num_restart_intervals = {1, 3};
+  for (const auto num_restart_interval : num_restart_intervals) {
+    const int kNumRecords =
+        num_restart_interval * static_cast<int>(GetRestartInterval());
+    std::vector<std::string> keys;
+    std::vector<std::string> values;
+    GenerateRandomKVs(&keys, &values, 0, kNumRecords + 1, 1 /* step */,
+                      24 /* padding_size */);
+    SyncPoint::GetInstance()->SetCallBack(
+        "BlockIter::UpdateKey::value", [](void *arg) {
+          char *value = static_cast<char *>(arg);
+          // values generated by GenerateRandomKVs are of length 100
+          ++value[10];
+        });
+
+    // Purely for reducing the number of lines of code.
+    typedef std::unique_ptr<DataBlockIter> IterPtr;
+    typedef void(IterAPI)(IterPtr & iter, std::string &);
+
+    std::string seek_key = keys[kNumRecords / 2];
+    auto test_seek = [&](IterAPI iter_api) {
+      IterPtr biter = GenerateDataBlockIter(keys, values, kNumRecords);
+      ASSERT_OK(biter->status());
+      iter_api(biter, seek_key);
+      ASSERT_FALSE(biter->Valid());
+      ASSERT_TRUE(biter->status().IsCorruption());
+    };
+
+    test_seek([](IterPtr &iter, std::string &) { iter->SeekToFirst(); });
+    test_seek([](IterPtr &iter, std::string &) { iter->SeekToLast(); });
+    test_seek([](IterPtr &iter, std::string &k) { iter->Seek(k); });
+    test_seek([](IterPtr &iter, std::string &k) { iter->SeekForPrev(k); });
+    test_seek([](IterPtr &iter, std::string &k) { iter->SeekForGet(k); });
+
+    typedef void (DataBlockIter::*IterStepAPI)();
+    auto test_step = [&](IterStepAPI iter_api, std::string &k) {
+      IterPtr biter = GenerateDataBlockIter(keys, values, kNumRecords);
+      SyncPoint::GetInstance()->DisableProcessing();
+      biter->Seek(k);
+      ASSERT_TRUE(biter->Valid());
+      ASSERT_OK(biter->status());
+      SyncPoint::GetInstance()->EnableProcessing();
+      std::invoke(iter_api, biter);
+      ASSERT_FALSE(biter->Valid());
+      ASSERT_TRUE(biter->status().IsCorruption());
+    };
+
+    if (kNumRecords > 1) {
+      test_step(&DataBlockIter::Prev, seek_key);
+      test_step(&DataBlockIter::Next, seek_key);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(
+    P, DataBlockKVChecksumCorruptionTest,
+    ::testing::Combine(
+        ::testing::Values(
+            BlockBasedTableOptions::DataBlockIndexType::kDataBlockBinarySearch,
+            BlockBasedTableOptions::DataBlockIndexType::
+                kDataBlockBinaryAndHash),
+        ::testing::Values(4, 8) /* block_protection_bytes_per_key */,
+        ::testing::Values(1, 3, 8, 16) /* restart_interval */,
+        ::testing::Values(false, true)),
+    [](const testing::TestParamInfo<std::tuple<
+           BlockBasedTableOptions::DataBlockIndexType, uint8_t, uint32_t, bool>>
+           &args) {
+      std::ostringstream oss;
+      oss << GetDataBlockIndexTypeStr(std::get<0>(args.param)) << "ProtBytes"
+          << std::to_string(std::get<1>(args.param)) << "RestartInterval"
+          << std::to_string(std::get<2>(args.param)) << "DeltaEncode"
+          << std::to_string(std::get<3>(args.param));
+      return oss.str();
+    });
+
+class IndexBlockKVChecksumCorruptionTest : public IndexBlockKVChecksumTest {
+ public:
+  IndexBlockKVChecksumCorruptionTest() = default;
+
+  std::unique_ptr<IndexBlockIter> GenerateIndexBlockIter(
+      std::vector<std::string> &separators,
+      std::vector<BlockHandle> &block_handles,
+      std::vector<std::string> &first_keys, int num_record,
+      SequenceNumber seqno) {
+    SyncPoint::GetInstance()->DisableProcessing();
+    block_ =
+        GenerateIndexBlock(separators, block_handles, first_keys, num_record);
+    std::unique_ptr<IndexBlockIter> biter{block_->NewIndexIterator(
+        Options().comparator, seqno, nullptr, nullptr,
+        true /* total_order_seek */, IncludeFirstKey() /* have_first_key */,
+        true /* key_includes_seq */,
+        !UseValueDeltaEncoding() /* value_is_full */,
+        true /* block_contents_pinned */, nullptr /* prefix_index */)};
+    SyncPoint::GetInstance()->EnableProcessing();
+    return biter;
+  }
+
+ protected:
+  std::unique_ptr<Block_kIndex> block_;
+};
+
+INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(
+    P, IndexBlockKVChecksumCorruptionTest,
+    ::testing::Combine(
+        ::testing::Values(
+            BlockBasedTableOptions::DataBlockIndexType::kDataBlockBinarySearch,
+            BlockBasedTableOptions::DataBlockIndexType::
+                kDataBlockBinaryAndHash),
+        ::testing::Values(4, 8) /* block_protection_bytes_per_key */,
+        ::testing::Values(1, 3, 8, 16) /* restart_interval */,
+        ::testing::Values(true, false), ::testing::Values(true, false)),
+    [](const testing::TestParamInfo<
+        std::tuple<BlockBasedTableOptions::DataBlockIndexType, uint8_t,
+                   uint32_t, bool, bool>> &args) {
+      std::ostringstream oss;
+      oss << GetDataBlockIndexTypeStr(std::get<0>(args.param)) << "ProtBytes"
+          << std::to_string(std::get<1>(args.param)) << "RestartInterval"
+          << std::to_string(std::get<2>(args.param)) << "ValueDeltaEncode"
+          << std::to_string(std::get<3>(args.param)) << "IncludeFirstKey"
+          << std::to_string(std::get<4>(args.param));
+      return oss.str();
+    });
+
+TEST_P(IndexBlockKVChecksumCorruptionTest, CorruptEntry) {
+  std::vector<int> num_restart_intervals = {1, 3};
+  std::vector<SequenceNumber> seqnos{kDisableGlobalSequenceNumber, 10001};
+
+  for (const auto num_restart_interval : num_restart_intervals) {
+    const int kNumRecords =
+        num_restart_interval * static_cast<int>(GetRestartInterval());
+    for (const auto seqno : seqnos) {
+      std::vector<std::string> separators;
+      std::vector<BlockHandle> block_handles;
+      std::vector<std::string> first_keys;
+      GenerateRandomIndexEntries(&separators, &block_handles, &first_keys,
+                                 kNumRecords,
+                                 seqno != kDisableGlobalSequenceNumber);
+      SyncPoint::GetInstance()->SetCallBack(
+          "BlockIter::UpdateKey::value", [](void *arg) {
+            char *value = static_cast<char *>(arg);
+            // value can be delta-encoded with different lengths, so we corrupt
+            // first bytes here to be safe
+            ++value[0];
+          });
+
+      typedef std::unique_ptr<IndexBlockIter> IterPtr;
+      typedef void(IterAPI)(IterPtr & iter, std::string &);
+      std::string seek_key = first_keys[kNumRecords / 2];
+      auto test_seek = [&](IterAPI iter_api) {
+        std::unique_ptr<IndexBlockIter> biter = GenerateIndexBlockIter(
+            separators, block_handles, first_keys, kNumRecords, seqno);
+        ASSERT_OK(biter->status());
+        iter_api(biter, seek_key);
+        ASSERT_FALSE(biter->Valid());
+        ASSERT_TRUE(biter->status().IsCorruption());
+      };
+      test_seek([](IterPtr &iter, std::string &) { iter->SeekToFirst(); });
+      test_seek([](IterPtr &iter, std::string &) { iter->SeekToLast(); });
+      test_seek([](IterPtr &iter, std::string &k) { iter->Seek(k); });
+
+      typedef void (IndexBlockIter::*IterStepAPI)();
+      auto test_step = [&](IterStepAPI iter_api, std::string &k) {
+        std::unique_ptr<IndexBlockIter> biter = GenerateIndexBlockIter(
+            separators, block_handles, first_keys, kNumRecords, seqno);
+        SyncPoint::GetInstance()->DisableProcessing();
+        biter->Seek(k);
+        ASSERT_TRUE(biter->Valid());
+        ASSERT_OK(biter->status());
+        SyncPoint::GetInstance()->EnableProcessing();
+        std::invoke(iter_api, biter);
+        ASSERT_FALSE(biter->Valid());
+        ASSERT_TRUE(biter->status().IsCorruption());
+      };
+      if (kNumRecords > 1) {
+        test_step(&IndexBlockIter::Prev, seek_key);
+        test_step(&IndexBlockIter::Next, seek_key);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+class MetaIndexBlockKVChecksumCorruptionTest
+    : public MetaIndexBlockKVChecksumTest {
+ public:
+  MetaIndexBlockKVChecksumCorruptionTest() = default;
+
+  std::unique_ptr<MetaBlockIter> GenerateMetaIndexBlockIter(
+      std::vector<std::string> &keys, std::vector<std::string> &values,
+      int num_record) {
+    SyncPoint::GetInstance()->DisableProcessing();
+    block_ = GenerateMetaIndexBlock(keys, values, num_record);
+    std::unique_ptr<MetaBlockIter> biter{
+        block_->NewMetaIterator(true /* block_contents_pinned */)};
+    SyncPoint::GetInstance()->EnableProcessing();
+    return biter;
+  }
+
+ protected:
+  std::unique_ptr<Block_kMetaIndex> block_;
+};
+
+INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(
+    P, MetaIndexBlockKVChecksumCorruptionTest,
+    ::testing::Values(4, 8) /* block_protection_bytes_per_key */,
+    [](const testing::TestParamInfo<uint8_t> &args) {
+      std::ostringstream oss;
+      oss << "ProtBytes" << std::to_string(args.param);
+      return oss.str();
+    });
+
+TEST_P(MetaIndexBlockKVChecksumCorruptionTest, CorruptEntry) {
+  Options options = Options();
+  std::vector<int> num_restart_intervals = {1, 3};
+  for (const auto num_restart_interval : num_restart_intervals) {
+    const int kNumRecords =
+        num_restart_interval * static_cast<int>(GetRestartInterval());
+    std::vector<std::string> keys;
+    std::vector<std::string> values;
+    GenerateRandomKVs(&keys, &values, 0, kNumRecords + 1, 1 /* step */,
+                      24 /* padding_size */);
+    SyncPoint::GetInstance()->SetCallBack(
+        "BlockIter::UpdateKey::value", [](void *arg) {
+          char *value = static_cast<char *>(arg);
+          // values generated by GenerateRandomKVs are of length 100
+          ++value[10];
+        });
+
+    typedef std::unique_ptr<MetaBlockIter> IterPtr;
+    typedef void(IterAPI)(IterPtr & iter, std::string &);
+    typedef void (MetaBlockIter::*IterStepAPI)();
+    std::string seek_key = keys[kNumRecords / 2];
+    auto test_seek = [&](IterAPI iter_api) {
+      IterPtr biter = GenerateMetaIndexBlockIter(keys, values, kNumRecords);
+      ASSERT_OK(biter->status());
+      iter_api(biter, seek_key);
+      ASSERT_FALSE(biter->Valid());
+      ASSERT_TRUE(biter->status().IsCorruption());
+    };
+
+    test_seek([](IterPtr &iter, std::string &) { iter->SeekToFirst(); });
+    test_seek([](IterPtr &iter, std::string &) { iter->SeekToLast(); });
+    test_seek([](IterPtr &iter, std::string &k) { iter->Seek(k); });
+    test_seek([](IterPtr &iter, std::string &k) { iter->SeekForPrev(k); });
+
+    auto test_step = [&](IterStepAPI iter_api, const std::string &k) {
+      IterPtr biter = GenerateMetaIndexBlockIter(keys, values, kNumRecords);
+      SyncPoint::GetInstance()->DisableProcessing();
+      biter->Seek(k);
+      ASSERT_TRUE(biter->Valid());
+      ASSERT_OK(biter->status());
+      SyncPoint::GetInstance()->EnableProcessing();
+      std::invoke(iter_api, biter);
+      ASSERT_FALSE(biter->Valid());
+      ASSERT_TRUE(biter->status().IsCorruption());
+    };
+
+    if (kNumRecords > 1) {
+      test_step(&MetaBlockIter::Prev, seek_key);
+      test_step(&MetaBlockIter::Next, seek_key);
+    }
+  }
+}
 }  // namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
diff --git a/table/block_based/data_block_hash_index_test.cc b/table/block_based/data_block_hash_index_test.cc
index cd2e30833..2841b271d 100644
--- a/table/block_based/data_block_hash_index_test.cc
+++ b/table/block_based/data_block_hash_index_test.cc
@@ -581,8 +581,9 @@ void TestBoundary(InternalKey& ik1, std::string& v1, InternalKey& ik2,
   const bool kImmortal = true;
   ASSERT_OK(ioptions.table_factory->NewTableReader(
       TableReaderOptions(ioptions, moptions.prefix_extractor, soptions,
-                         internal_comparator, !kSkipFilters, !kImmortal,
-                         level_),
+                         internal_comparator,
+                         0 /* block_protection_bytes_per_key */, !kSkipFilters,
+                         !kImmortal, level_),
       std::move(file_reader), sink->contents().size(), &table_reader));
   // Search using Get()
   ReadOptions ro;
diff --git a/table/block_fetcher_test.cc b/table/block_fetcher_test.cc
index 6d983f9b7..9696a509d 100644
--- a/table/block_fetcher_test.cc
+++ b/table/block_fetcher_test.cc
@@ -266,9 +266,9 @@ class BlockFetcherTest : public testing::Test {
     const auto* table_options =
         table_factory_.GetOptions<BlockBasedTableOptions>();
     ASSERT_NE(table_options, nullptr);
-    ASSERT_OK(BlockBasedTable::Open(ro, ioptions, EnvOptions(), *table_options,
-                                    comparator, std::move(file), file_size,
-                                    &table_reader));
+    ASSERT_OK(BlockBasedTable::Open(
+        ro, ioptions, EnvOptions(), *table_options, comparator, std::move(file),
+        file_size, 0 /* block_protection_bytes_per_key */, &table_reader));
 
     table->reset(reinterpret_cast<BlockBasedTable*>(table_reader.release()));
   }
diff --git a/table/sst_file_dumper.cc b/table/sst_file_dumper.cc
index fa3e5b47d..f6d6e195d 100644
--- a/table/sst_file_dumper.cc
+++ b/table/sst_file_dumper.cc
@@ -165,10 +165,10 @@ Status SstFileDumper::NewTableReader(
     const ImmutableOptions& /*ioptions*/, const EnvOptions& /*soptions*/,
     const InternalKeyComparator& /*internal_comparator*/, uint64_t file_size,
     std::unique_ptr<TableReader>* /*table_reader*/) {
-  auto t_opt =
-      TableReaderOptions(ioptions_, moptions_.prefix_extractor, soptions_,
-                         internal_comparator_, false /* skip_filters */,
-                         false /* imortal */, true /* force_direct_prefetch */);
+  auto t_opt = TableReaderOptions(
+      ioptions_, moptions_.prefix_extractor, soptions_, internal_comparator_,
+      0 /* block_protection_bytes_per_key */, false /* skip_filters */,
+      false /* immortal */, true /* force_direct_prefetch */);
   // Allow open file with global sequence number for backward compatibility.
   t_opt.largest_seqno = kMaxSequenceNumber;
 
diff --git a/table/sst_file_reader.cc b/table/sst_file_reader.cc
index c95c91743..533b7cd6a 100644
--- a/table/sst_file_reader.cc
+++ b/table/sst_file_reader.cc
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ Status SstFileReader::Open(const std::string& file_path) {
   }
   if (s.ok()) {
     TableReaderOptions t_opt(r->ioptions, r->moptions.prefix_extractor,
-                             r->soptions, r->ioptions.internal_comparator);
+                             r->soptions, r->ioptions.internal_comparator,
+                             r->moptions.block_protection_bytes_per_key);
     // Allow open file with global sequence number for backward compatibility.
     t_opt.largest_seqno = kMaxSequenceNumber;
     s = r->options.table_factory->NewTableReader(t_opt, std::move(file_reader),
diff --git a/table/table_builder.h b/table/table_builder.h
index 1790f33b1..e1bb4b557 100644
--- a/table/table_builder.h
+++ b/table/table_builder.h
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ struct TableReaderOptions {
       const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& _prefix_extractor,
       const EnvOptions& _env_options,
       const InternalKeyComparator& _internal_comparator,
-      bool _skip_filters = false, bool _immortal = false,
-      bool _force_direct_prefetch = false, int _level = -1,
-      BlockCacheTracer* const _block_cache_tracer = nullptr,
+      uint8_t _block_protection_bytes_per_key, bool _skip_filters = false,
+      bool _immortal = false, bool _force_direct_prefetch = false,
+      int _level = -1, BlockCacheTracer* const _block_cache_tracer = nullptr,
       size_t _max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin = 0,
       const std::string& _cur_db_session_id = "", uint64_t _cur_file_num = 0,
       UniqueId64x2 _unique_id = {}, SequenceNumber _largest_seqno = 0)
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ struct TableReaderOptions {
         max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin(_max_file_size_for_l0_meta_pin),
         cur_db_session_id(_cur_db_session_id),
         cur_file_num(_cur_file_num),
-        unique_id(_unique_id) {}
+        unique_id(_unique_id),
+        block_protection_bytes_per_key(_block_protection_bytes_per_key) {}
 
   const ImmutableOptions& ioptions;
   const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& prefix_extractor;
@@ -86,6 +87,8 @@ struct TableReaderOptions {
 
   // Known unique_id or {}, kNullUniqueId64x2 means unknown
   UniqueId64x2 unique_id;
+
+  uint8_t block_protection_bytes_per_key;
 };
 
 struct TableBuilderOptions {
diff --git a/table/table_reader_bench.cc b/table/table_reader_bench.cc
index 09146f0ef..60c84d7bf 100644
--- a/table/table_reader_bench.cc
+++ b/table/table_reader_bench.cc
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ void TableReaderBenchmark(Options& opts, EnvOptions& env_options,
         new RandomAccessFileReader(std::move(raf), file_name));
     s = opts.table_factory->NewTableReader(
         TableReaderOptions(ioptions, moptions.prefix_extractor, env_options,
-                           ikc),
+                           ikc, 0 /* block_protection_bytes_per_key */),
         std::move(file_reader), file_size, &table_reader);
     if (!s.ok()) {
       fprintf(stderr, "Open Table Error: %s\n", s.ToString().c_str());
diff --git a/table/table_test.cc b/table/table_test.cc
index de5f6432b..17b8af9f1 100644
--- a/table/table_test.cc
+++ b/table/table_test.cc
@@ -444,7 +444,9 @@ class TableConstructor : public Constructor {
     file_reader_.reset(new RandomAccessFileReader(std::move(source), "test"));
     return ioptions.table_factory->NewTableReader(
         TableReaderOptions(ioptions, moptions.prefix_extractor, soptions,
-                           *last_internal_comparator_, /*skip_filters*/ false,
+                           *last_internal_comparator_,
+                           0 /* block_protection_bytes_per_key */,
+                           /*skip_filters*/ false,
                            /*immortal*/ false, false, level_,
                            &block_cache_tracer_, moptions.write_buffer_size, "",
                            file_num_, kNullUniqueId64x2, largest_seqno_),
@@ -4795,7 +4797,7 @@ TEST_P(BlockBasedTableTest, DISABLED_TableWithGlobalSeqno) {
 
     options.table_factory->NewTableReader(
         TableReaderOptions(ioptions, moptions.prefix_extractor, EnvOptions(),
-                           ikc),
+                           ikc, 0 /* block_protection_bytes_per_key */),
         std::move(file_reader), ss_rw.contents().size(), &table_reader);
 
     return table_reader->NewIterator(
@@ -4964,7 +4966,8 @@ TEST_P(BlockBasedTableTest, BlockAlignTest) {
 
   ASSERT_OK(ioptions.table_factory->NewTableReader(
       TableReaderOptions(ioptions2, moptions2.prefix_extractor, EnvOptions(),
-                         GetPlainInternalComparator(options2.comparator)),
+                         GetPlainInternalComparator(options2.comparator),
+                         0 /* block_protection_bytes_per_key */),
       std::move(file_reader), sink->contents().size(), &table_reader));
 
   ReadOptions read_options;
diff --git a/tools/db_bench_tool.cc b/tools/db_bench_tool.cc
index 759f634b2..ea40f5fa0 100644
--- a/tools/db_bench_tool.cc
+++ b/tools/db_bench_tool.cc
@@ -1725,6 +1725,10 @@ DEFINE_uint32(
     "This options determines the size of such checksums. "
     "Supported values: 0, 1, 2, 4, 8.");
 
+DEFINE_uint32(block_protection_bytes_per_key, 0,
+              "Enable block per key-value checksum protection. "
+              "Supported values: 0, 1, 2, 4, 8.");
+
 DEFINE_bool(build_info, false,
             "Print the build info via GetRocksBuildInfoAsString");
 
@@ -4565,6 +4569,8 @@ class Benchmark {
     }
     options.memtable_protection_bytes_per_key =
         FLAGS_memtable_protection_bytes_per_key;
+    options.block_protection_bytes_per_key =
+        FLAGS_block_protection_bytes_per_key;
   }
 
   void InitializeOptionsGeneral(Options* opts) {
diff --git a/tools/db_crashtest.py b/tools/db_crashtest.py
index ac478e7ad..b57905ed4 100644
--- a/tools/db_crashtest.py
+++ b/tools/db_crashtest.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ default_params = {
     "backup_one_in": 100000,
     "batch_protection_bytes_per_key": lambda: random.choice([0, 8]),
     "memtable_protection_bytes_per_key": lambda: random.choice([0, 1, 2, 4, 8]),
+    "block_protection_bytes_per_key": lambda: random.choice([0, 1, 2, 4, 8]),
     "block_size": 16384,
     "bloom_bits": lambda: random.choice(
         [random.randint(0, 19), random.lognormvariate(2.3, 1.3)]