diff --git a/include/linux/digest_cache.h b/include/linux/digest_cache.h
index a9d731990b7c..d2483fe588be 100644
--- a/include/linux/digest_cache.h
+++ b/include/linux/digest_cache.h
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ bool digest_cache_opened_fd(struct file *file);
 struct digest_cache *digest_cache_lookup(struct dentry *dentry,
 					 struct digest_cache *digest_cache,
 					 u8 *digest, enum hash_algo algo);
+int digest_cache_verif_set(struct file *file, const char *verif_id, void *data,
+			   size_t size);
+void *digest_cache_verif_get(struct digest_cache *digest_cache,
+			     const char *verif_id);
 
 /* Parser API */
 int digest_cache_htable_init(struct digest_cache *digest_cache, u64 num_digests,
@@ -81,6 +85,19 @@ digest_cache_lookup(struct dentry *dentry, struct digest_cache *digest_cache,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static inline int digest_cache_verif_set(struct file *file,
+					 const char *verif_id, void *data,
+					 size_t size)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+static inline void *digest_cache_verif_get(struct digest_cache *digest_cache,
+					   const char *verif_id)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 static inline int digest_cache_htable_init(struct digest_cache *digest_cache,
 					   u64 num_digests, enum hash_algo algo)
 {
diff --git a/security/integrity/digest_cache/Makefile b/security/integrity/digest_cache/Makefile
index 3b81edea065b..2a0f2500e227 100644
--- a/security/integrity/digest_cache/Makefile
+++ b/security/integrity/digest_cache/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_INTEGRITY_DIGEST_CACHE) += digest_cache.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DIGEST_CACHE_TLV_PARSER) += parsers/tlv.o
 
-digest_cache-y := main.o secfs.o htable.o parsers.o populate.o modsig.o
+digest_cache-y := main.o secfs.o htable.o parsers.o populate.o modsig.o \
+		  verif.o
 
 CFLAGS_parsers.o += -DPARSERS_DIR=\"$(MODLIB)/kernel/security/integrity/digest_cache/parsers\"
diff --git a/security/integrity/digest_cache/internal.h b/security/integrity/digest_cache/internal.h
index 2171ea8423ff..c64e91b75a47 100644
--- a/security/integrity/digest_cache/internal.h
+++ b/security/integrity/digest_cache/internal.h
@@ -18,6 +18,21 @@
 #define INIT_STARTED		1	/* Digest cache init started. */
 #define INVALID			2	/* Digest cache marked as invalid. */
 
+/**
+ * struct digest_cache_verif
+ * @list: Linked list
+ * @verif_id: Identifier of who verified the digest list
+ * @data: Opaque data set by the digest list verifier
+ *
+ * This structure contains opaque data containing the result of verification
+ * of the digest list by a verifier.
+ */
+struct digest_cache_verif {
+	struct list_head list;
+	char *verif_id;
+	void *data;
+};
+
 /**
  * struct read_work - Structure to schedule reading a digest list
  * @work: Work structure
@@ -72,6 +87,8 @@ struct htable {
  * @ref_count: Number of references to the digest cache
  * @path_str: Path of the digest list the digest cache was created from
  * @flags: Control flags
+ * @verif_data: Verification data regarding the digest list
+ * @verif_data_lock: Protects verification data modifications
  *
  * This structure represents a cache of digests extracted from a digest list.
  */
@@ -80,6 +97,8 @@ struct digest_cache {
 	atomic_t ref_count;
 	char *path_str;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	struct list_head verif_data;
+	spinlock_t verif_data_lock;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -191,4 +210,7 @@ int digest_cache_populate(struct dentry *dentry,
 /* modsig.c */
 size_t digest_cache_strip_modsig(__u8 *data, size_t data_len);
 
+/* verif.c */
+void digest_cache_verif_free(struct digest_cache *digest_cache);
+
 #endif /* _DIGEST_CACHE_INTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/security/integrity/digest_cache/main.c b/security/integrity/digest_cache/main.c
index ad0f34c7ef9b..11a0445592f0 100644
--- a/security/integrity/digest_cache/main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/digest_cache/main.c
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ static struct digest_cache *digest_cache_alloc_init(char *path_str,
 	atomic_set(&digest_cache->ref_count, 1);
 	digest_cache->flags = 0UL;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&digest_cache->htables);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&digest_cache->verif_data);
+	spin_lock_init(&digest_cache->verif_data_lock);
 
 	pr_debug("New digest cache %s (ref count: %d)\n",
 		 digest_cache->path_str, atomic_read(&digest_cache->ref_count));
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ static struct digest_cache *digest_cache_alloc_init(char *path_str,
 static void digest_cache_free(struct digest_cache *digest_cache)
 {
 	digest_cache_htable_free(digest_cache);
+	digest_cache_verif_free(digest_cache);
 
 	pr_debug("Freed digest cache %s\n", digest_cache->path_str);
 	kfree(digest_cache->path_str);
diff --git a/security/integrity/digest_cache/verif.c b/security/integrity/digest_cache/verif.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..03ebf0de764b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/integrity/digest_cache/verif.c
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2023-2024 Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH
+ *
+ * Author: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>
+ *
+ * Manage verification data regarding digest lists.
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) "digest_cache: "fmt
+#include "internal.h"
+
+/**
+ * free_verif - Free a digest_cache_verif structure
+ * @verif: digest_cache_verif structure
+ *
+ * Free the space allocated for a digest_cache_verif structure.
+ */
+static void free_verif(struct digest_cache_verif *verif)
+{
+	kfree(verif->data);
+	kfree(verif->verif_id);
+	kfree(verif);
+}
+
+/**
+ * digest_cache_verif_set - Set digest cache verification data
+ * @file: File descriptor of the digest list being read to populate digest cache
+ * @verif_id: Verifier ID
+ * @data: Verification data (opaque)
+ * @size: Size of @data
+ *
+ * This function lets a verifier supply verification data about a digest list
+ * being read to populate the digest cache. Verifier ID must be unique.
+ *
+ * Return: Zero on success, a POSIX error code otherwise.
+ */
+int digest_cache_verif_set(struct file *file, const char *verif_id, void *data,
+			   size_t size)
+{
+	struct digest_cache *digest_cache = digest_cache_from_file_sec(file);
+	struct digest_cache_verif *new_verif, *verif;
+	/* All allocations done by kprobe must be atomic (non-sleepable). */
+	gfp_t flags = !strncmp(verif_id, "kprobe", 6) ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Zero the data, so that we can always call free_verif() to free a
+	 * partially filled structure (if a pointer is NULL, will not be freed).
+	 */
+	new_verif = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_verif), flags);
+	if (!new_verif)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	new_verif->verif_id = kstrdup(verif_id, flags);
+	if (!new_verif->verif_id) {
+		free_verif(new_verif);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	new_verif->data = kmemdup(data, size, flags);
+	if (!new_verif->data) {
+		free_verif(new_verif);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	spin_lock(&digest_cache->verif_data_lock);
+	list_for_each_entry(verif, &digest_cache->verif_data, list) {
+		if (!strcmp(verif->verif_id, verif_id)) {
+			ret = -EEXIST;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	list_add_tail_rcu(&new_verif->list, &digest_cache->verif_data);
+out:
+	spin_unlock(&digest_cache->verif_data_lock);
+
+	if (ret < 0)
+		free_verif(new_verif);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(digest_cache_verif_set);
+
+/**
+ * digest_cache_verif_get - Get digest cache verification data
+ * @digest_cache: Digest cache
+ * @verif_id: Verifier ID
+ *
+ * This function returns the verification data previously set by a verifier
+ * with digest_cache_verif_set().
+ *
+ * Return: Verification data if found, NULL otherwise.
+ */
+void *digest_cache_verif_get(struct digest_cache *digest_cache,
+			     const char *verif_id)
+{
+	struct digest_cache_verif *verif;
+	void *verif_data = NULL;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(verif, &digest_cache->verif_data, list) {
+		if (!strcmp(verif->verif_id, verif_id)) {
+			verif_data = verif->data;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return verif_data;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(digest_cache_verif_get);
+
+/**
+ * digest_cache_verif_free - Free all digest_cache_verif structures
+ * @digest_cache: Digest cache
+ *
+ * This function frees the space allocated for all digest_cache_verif
+ * structures in the digest cache.
+ */
+void digest_cache_verif_free(struct digest_cache *digest_cache)
+{
+	struct digest_cache_verif *p, *q;
+
+	/* No need to lock, called when nobody else has a digest cache ref. */
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(p, q, &digest_cache->verif_data, list) {
+		list_del(&p->list);
+		free_verif(p);
+	}
+}
