RuleSet: remove irrelevant rules after dependecies have been checked

mandiant · Jul 27, 2023 · 44c5e96 · 44c5e96
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commit 44c5e96
Showing 1 changed file with 5 additions and 5 deletions.
diff --git a/capa/rules/__init__.py b/capa/rules/__init__.py
@@ -1218,11 +1218,6 @@ def __init__(
     ):
         super().__init__()
 
-        if rules_filter_func:
-            # this allows for filtering the ruleset based on
-            # the execution context (static or dynamic)
-            rules = list(filter(rules_filter_func, rules))
-
         ensure_rules_are_unique(rules)
 
         # in the next step we extract subscope rules,
@@ -1237,6 +1232,11 @@ def __init__(
 
         ensure_rule_dependencies_are_met(rules)
 
+        if rules_filter_func:
+            # this allows for filtering the ruleset based on
+            # the execution context (static or dynamic)
+            rules = list(filter(rules_filter_func, rules))
+
         if len(rules) == 0:
             raise InvalidRuleSet("no rules selected")