diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 09b2e3e2cf1b..aa080c3e302e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -238,6 +238,15 @@ struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache {
 	void *objects[KVM_NR_MEM_OBJS];
 };
 
+/*
+ * This is internal structure used to be be able to access kvm memory slot and
+ * have track of the number of current PTE when doing shadow PTE walk
+ */
+struct kvm_write_access_data {
+	int i;
+	struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot;
+};
+
 /*
  * the pages used as guest page table on soft mmu are tracked by
  * kvm_memory_slot.arch.gfn_track which is 16 bits, so the role bits used
@@ -1178,7 +1187,7 @@ void kvm_mmu_set_mask_ptes(u64 user_mask, u64 accessed_mask,
 		u64 acc_track_mask, u64 me_mask);
 
 void kvm_mmu_reset_context(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
-void kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access(struct kvm *kvm,
+void kvm_mmu_slot_apply_write_access(struct kvm *kvm,
 				      struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot);
 void kvm_mmu_zap_collapsible_sptes(struct kvm *kvm,
 				   const struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
index 1bbec387d289..2fcbb1788a24 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -96,6 +96,13 @@ config KVM_MMU_AUDIT
 	 This option adds a R/W kVM module parameter 'mmu_audit', which allows
 	 auditing of KVM MMU events at runtime.
 
+config KVM_ROE
+	bool "Hypercall Memory Read-Only Enforcement"
+	depends on KVM && X86
+	help
+	This option adds KVM_HC_ROE hypercall to kvm as a hardening
+	mechanism to protect memory pages from being edited.
+
 # OK, it's a little counter-intuitive to do this, but it puts it neatly under
 # the virtualization menu.
 source drivers/vhost/Kconfig
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index cc36abe1ee44..c54aa5287e14 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -1484,9 +1484,8 @@ static bool spte_write_protect(u64 *sptep, bool pt_protect)
 	return mmu_spte_update(sptep, spte);
 }
 
-static bool __rmap_write_protect(struct kvm *kvm,
-				 struct kvm_rmap_head *rmap_head,
-				 bool pt_protect, void *data)
+static bool __rmap_write_protection(struct kvm *kvm,
+		struct kvm_rmap_head *rmap_head, bool pt_protect)
 {
 	u64 *sptep;
 	struct rmap_iterator iter;
@@ -1498,6 +1497,38 @@ static bool __rmap_write_protect(struct kvm *kvm,
 	return flush;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_ROE
+static bool __rmap_write_protect_roe(struct kvm *kvm,
+		struct kvm_rmap_head *rmap_head,
+		bool pt_protect,
+		struct kvm_write_access_data *d)
+{
+	u64 *sptep;
+	struct rmap_iterator iter;
+	bool prot;
+	bool flush = false;
+
+	for_each_rmap_spte(rmap_head, &iter, sptep) {
+		prot = !test_bit(d->i, d->memslot->roe_bitmap) && pt_protect;
+		flush |= spte_write_protect(sptep, prot);
+		d->i++;
+	}
+	return flush;
+}
+#endif
+
+static bool __rmap_write_protect(struct kvm *kvm,
+		struct kvm_rmap_head *rmap_head,
+		bool pt_protect,
+		struct kvm_write_access_data *d)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_ROE
+	if (d != NULL)
+		return __rmap_write_protect_roe(kvm, rmap_head, pt_protect, d);
+#endif
+	return __rmap_write_protection(kvm, rmap_head, pt_protect);
+}
+
 static bool spte_clear_dirty(u64 *sptep)
 {
 	u64 spte = *sptep;
@@ -1585,7 +1616,7 @@ static void kvm_mmu_write_protect_pt_masked(struct kvm *kvm,
 	while (mask) {
 		rmap_head = __gfn_to_rmap(slot->base_gfn + gfn_offset + __ffs(mask),
 					  PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL, slot);
-		__rmap_write_protect(kvm, rmap_head, false, NULL);
+		__rmap_write_protection(kvm, rmap_head, false);
 
 		/* clear the first set bit */
 		mask &= mask - 1;
@@ -1661,11 +1692,15 @@ bool kvm_mmu_slot_gfn_write_protect(struct kvm *kvm,
 	struct kvm_rmap_head *rmap_head;
 	int i;
 	bool write_protected = false;
+	struct kvm_write_access_data data = {
+		.i = 0,
+		.memslot = slot,
+	};
 
 	for (i = PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL; i <= PT_MAX_HUGEPAGE_LEVEL; ++i) {
 		rmap_head = __gfn_to_rmap(gfn, i, slot);
 		write_protected |= __rmap_write_protect(kvm, rmap_head, true,
-				NULL);
+				&data);
 	}
 
 	return write_protected;
@@ -5569,21 +5604,36 @@ static bool slot_rmap_write_protect(struct kvm *kvm,
 				    struct kvm_rmap_head *rmap_head,
 				    void *data)
 {
-	return __rmap_write_protect(kvm, rmap_head, false, data);
+	return __rmap_write_protect(kvm, rmap_head, false,
+			(struct kvm_write_access_data *)data);
 }
 
-void kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access(struct kvm *kvm,
+static bool slot_rmap_apply_protection(struct kvm *kvm,
+		struct kvm_rmap_head *rmap_head,
+		void *data)
+{
+	struct kvm_write_access_data *d = (struct kvm_write_access_data *) data;
+	bool prot_mask = !(d->memslot->flags & KVM_MEM_READONLY);
+
+	return __rmap_write_protect(kvm, rmap_head, prot_mask, d);
+}
+
+void kvm_mmu_slot_apply_write_access(struct kvm *kvm,
 				      struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot)
 {
 	bool flush;
+	struct kvm_write_access_data data = {
+		.i = 0,
+		.memslot = memslot,
+	};
 
 	spin_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
-	flush = slot_handle_all_level(kvm, memslot, slot_rmap_write_protect,
-				      false, NULL);
+	flush = slot_handle_all_level(kvm, memslot, slot_rmap_apply_protection,
+				      false, &data);
 	spin_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
 
 	/*
-	 * kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access() and kvm_vm_ioctl_get_dirty_log()
+	 * kvm_mmu_slot_apply_write_access() and kvm_vm_ioctl_get_dirty_log()
 	 * which do tlb flush out of mmu-lock should be serialized by
 	 * kvm->slots_lock otherwise tlb flush would be missed.
 	 */
@@ -5680,7 +5730,7 @@ void kvm_mmu_slot_largepage_remove_write_access(struct kvm *kvm,
 					false, NULL);
 	spin_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
 
-	/* see kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access */
+	/* see kvm_mmu_slot_apply_write_access*/
 	lockdep_assert_held(&kvm->slots_lock);
 
 	if (flush)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index ca717737347e..70f2b42a2f91 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -4276,7 +4276,7 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_get_dirty_log(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_dirty_log *log)
 
 	/*
 	 * All the TLBs can be flushed out of mmu lock, see the comments in
-	 * kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access().
+	 * kvm_mmu_slot_apply_write_access().
 	 */
 	lockdep_assert_held(&kvm->slots_lock);
 	if (is_dirty)
@@ -6798,7 +6798,137 @@ static int kvm_pv_clock_pairing(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t paddr,
 }
 #endif
 
-/*
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_ROE
+static void kvm_roe_protect_slot(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
+				gfn_t gfn, u64 npages)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = gfn - slot->base_gfn; i < gfn + npages - slot->base_gfn; i++)
+		set_bit(i, slot->roe_bitmap);
+	kvm_mmu_slot_apply_write_access(kvm, slot);
+	kvm_arch_flush_shadow_memslot(kvm, slot);
+}
+
+static int __kvm_roe_protect_range(struct kvm *kvm, gpa_t gpa, u64 npages)
+{
+	struct kvm_memory_slot *slot;
+	gfn_t gfn = gpa >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	int count = 0;
+
+	while (npages != 0) {
+		slot = gfn_to_memslot(kvm, gfn);
+		if (!slot) {
+			gfn += 1;
+			npages -= 1;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (gfn + npages > slot->base_gfn + slot->npages) {
+			u64 _npages = slot->base_gfn + slot->npages - gfn;
+
+			kvm_roe_protect_slot(kvm, slot, gfn, _npages);
+			gfn += _npages;
+			count += _npages;
+			npages -= _npages;
+		} else {
+			kvm_roe_protect_slot(kvm, slot, gfn, npages);
+			count += npages;
+			npages = 0;
+		}
+	}
+	if (count == 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return count;
+}
+
+static int kvm_roe_protect_range(struct kvm *kvm, gpa_t gpa, u64 npages)
+{
+	int r;
+
+	mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock);
+	r = __kvm_roe_protect_range(kvm, gpa, npages);
+	mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_lock);
+	return r;
+}
+
+static bool kvm_roe_userspace(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	u64 rflags;
+	u64 cr0 = kvm_read_cr0(vcpu);
+	u64 iopl;
+
+	// first checking we are not in protected mode
+	if ((cr0 & 1) == 0)
+		return false;
+	/*
+	 * we don't need to worry about comments in __get_regs
+	 * because we are sure that this function will only be
+	 * triggered at the end of a hypercall
+	 */
+	 rflags = kvm_get_rflags(vcpu);
+	iopl = (rflags >> 12) & 3;
+	if (iopl != 3)
+		return false;
+	return true;
+}
+
+static int kvm_roe_full_protect_range(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 gva,
+		u64 npages)
+{
+	struct kvm *kvm = vcpu->kvm;
+	gpa_t gpa;
+	u64 hva;
+	u64 count = 0;
+	int i;
+	int status;
+
+	if (gva & ~PAGE_MASK)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	// We need to make sure that there will be no overflow
+	if ((npages << PAGE_SHIFT) >> PAGE_SHIFT != npages || npages == 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	for (i = 0; i < npages; i++) {
+		gpa = kvm_mmu_gva_to_gpa_system(vcpu, gva + (i << PAGE_SHIFT),
+				NULL);
+		hva = gfn_to_hva(kvm, gpa >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+		if (kvm_is_error_hva(hva))
+			continue;
+		if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, hva, 1 << PAGE_SHIFT))
+			continue;
+		status =  kvm_roe_protect_range(vcpu->kvm, gpa, 1);
+		if (status > 0)
+			count += status;
+	}
+	if (count == 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return count;
+}
+
+static int kvm_roe(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 a0, u64 a1, u64 a2, u64 a3)
+{
+	int ret;
+	/*
+	 * First we need to make sure that we are running from something that
+	 * isn't usermode
+	 */
+	if (kvm_roe_userspace(vcpu))
+		return -KVM_ENOSYS;
+	switch (a0) {
+	case ROE_VERSION:
+		ret = 1; //current version
+		break;
+	case ROE_MPROTECT:
+		ret = kvm_roe_full_protect_range(vcpu, a1, a2);
+		break;
+	default:
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+#endif
+
+ /*
  * kvm_pv_kick_cpu_op:  Kick a vcpu.
  *
  * @apicid - apicid of vcpu to be kicked.
@@ -6868,6 +6998,11 @@ int kvm_emulate_hypercall(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	case KVM_HC_SEND_IPI:
 		ret = kvm_pv_send_ipi(vcpu->kvm, a0, a1, a2, a3, op_64_bit);
 		break;
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_ROE
+	case KVM_HC_ROE:
+		ret = kvm_roe(vcpu, a0, a1, a2, a3);
+		break;
 #endif
 	default:
 		ret = -KVM_ENOSYS;
@@ -9119,8 +9254,8 @@ static void kvm_mmu_slot_apply_flags(struct kvm *kvm,
 				     struct kvm_memory_slot *new)
 {
 	/* Still write protect RO slot */
+	kvm_mmu_slot_apply_write_access(kvm, new);
 	if (new->flags & KVM_MEM_READONLY) {
-		kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access(kvm, new);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -9158,7 +9293,7 @@ static void kvm_mmu_slot_apply_flags(struct kvm *kvm,
 		if (kvm_x86_ops->slot_enable_log_dirty)
 			kvm_x86_ops->slot_enable_log_dirty(kvm, new);
 		else
-			kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access(kvm, new);
+			kvm_mmu_slot_apply_write_access(kvm, new);
 	} else {
 		if (kvm_x86_ops->slot_disable_log_dirty)
 			kvm_x86_ops->slot_disable_log_dirty(kvm, new);
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index c926698040e0..be6885bc28bc 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -297,6 +297,9 @@ static inline int kvm_vcpu_exiting_guest_mode(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 struct kvm_memory_slot {
 	gfn_t base_gfn;
 	unsigned long npages;
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_ROE
+	unsigned long *roe_bitmap;
+#endif
 	unsigned long *dirty_bitmap;
 	struct kvm_arch_memory_slot arch;
 	unsigned long userspace_addr;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm_para.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm_para.h
index 6c0ce49931e5..e6004e0750fd 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm_para.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm_para.h
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@
 #define KVM_HC_MIPS_CONSOLE_OUTPUT	8
 #define KVM_HC_CLOCK_PAIRING		9
 #define KVM_HC_SEND_IPI		10
+#define KVM_HC_ROE			11
 
+/* ROE Functionality parameters */
+#define ROE_VERSION			0
+#define ROE_MPROTECT			1
 /*
  * hypercalls use architecture specific
  */
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index f986e31fa68c..423a9c014120 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -554,6 +554,11 @@ static void kvm_destroy_dirty_bitmap(struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot)
 static void kvm_free_memslot(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *free,
 			      struct kvm_memory_slot *dont)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_ROE
+	if (!dont)
+		kvfree(free->roe_bitmap);
+#endif
+
 	if (!dont || free->dirty_bitmap != dont->dirty_bitmap)
 		kvm_destroy_dirty_bitmap(free);
 
@@ -800,6 +805,17 @@ static int kvm_create_dirty_bitmap(struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int kvm_init_roe_bitmap(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_ROE
+	slot->roe_bitmap = kvzalloc(BITS_TO_LONGS(slot->npages) *
+	sizeof(unsigned long), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!slot->roe_bitmap)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+#endif
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Insert memslot and re-sort memslots based on their GFN,
  * so binary search could be used to lookup GFN.
@@ -1017,6 +1033,8 @@ int __kvm_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 		if (kvm_create_dirty_bitmap(&new) < 0)
 			goto out_free;
 	}
+	if (kvm_init_roe_bitmap(&new) < 0)
+		goto out_free;
 
 	slots = kvzalloc(sizeof(struct kvm_memslots), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!slots)
@@ -1270,13 +1288,23 @@ static bool memslot_is_readonly(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot)
 	return slot->flags & KVM_MEM_READONLY;
 }
 
+static bool gfn_is_readonly(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, gfn_t gfn)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_ROE
+	return test_bit(gfn - slot->base_gfn, slot->roe_bitmap) ||
+		memslot_is_readonly(slot);
+#else
+	return memslot_is_readonly(slot);
+#endif
+}
+
 static unsigned long __gfn_to_hva_many(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, gfn_t gfn,
 				       gfn_t *nr_pages, bool write)
 {
 	if (!slot || slot->flags & KVM_MEMSLOT_INVALID)
 		return KVM_HVA_ERR_BAD;
 
-	if (memslot_is_readonly(slot) && write)
+	if (gfn_is_readonly(slot, gfn) && write)
 		return KVM_HVA_ERR_RO_BAD;
 
 	if (nr_pages)
@@ -1320,7 +1348,7 @@ unsigned long gfn_to_hva_memslot_prot(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
 	unsigned long hva = __gfn_to_hva_many(slot, gfn, NULL, false);
 
 	if (!kvm_is_error_hva(hva) && writable)
-		*writable = !memslot_is_readonly(slot);
+		*writable = !gfn_is_readonly(slot, gfn);
 
 	return hva;
 }
@@ -1558,7 +1586,7 @@ kvm_pfn_t __gfn_to_pfn_memslot(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, gfn_t gfn,
 	}
 
 	/* Do not map writable pfn in the readonly memslot. */
-	if (writable && memslot_is_readonly(slot)) {
+	if (writable && gfn_is_readonly(slot, gfn)) {
 		*writable = false;
 		writable = NULL;
 	}
