1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/attribute_accessors.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/attribute_accessors.rb
index be94ae1565..84acb629ad 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/attribute_accessors.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/attribute_accessors.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ class Module
   def mattr_reader(*syms)
     options = syms.extract_options!
     syms.each do |sym|
+      raise NameError.new("invalid attribute name") unless sym =~ /^[_A-Za-z]\w*$/
       class_eval(<<-EOS, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1)
         @@#{sym} = nil unless defined? @@#{sym}
 
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ class Module
   def mattr_writer(*syms)
     options = syms.extract_options!
     syms.each do |sym|
+      raise NameError.new("invalid attribute name") unless sym =~ /^[_A-Za-z]\w*$/
       class_eval(<<-EOS, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1)
         def self.#{sym}=(obj)
           @@#{sym} = obj