check if basic block child of correct type
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Description
we should add a check to the following code that verifies the single child statement is of the expected type:
https://github.com/fireeye/capa/blob/14e65c46011aca908863a770ec925cc222dc7f93/capa/rules.py#L347-L354
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Research direction
Start at capa/rules.py lines 347-354 in the linked revision and read the surrounding basic-block rule handling to identify the expected single-child type. Add the validation, then run the relevant existing test suite and confirm invalid child types are rejected.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- reverse-engineering
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100