From 39697ee971cf9dd1cd986f12ef8727ad377baa65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Owen Mansel-Chan <owen-mc@github.com>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 00:21:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Create cfg node for child of ParenExpr

---
 go/ql/lib/semmle/go/controlflow/ControlFlowGraphShared.qll | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/go/ql/lib/semmle/go/controlflow/ControlFlowGraphShared.qll b/go/ql/lib/semmle/go/controlflow/ControlFlowGraphShared.qll
index 7686e40eaf6..24a687cbdf7 100644
--- a/go/ql/lib/semmle/go/controlflow/ControlFlowGraphShared.qll
+++ b/go/ql/lib/semmle/go/controlflow/ControlFlowGraphShared.qll
@@ -62,7 +62,11 @@ module GoCfg {
     }
 
     AstNode getChild(AstNode n, int index) {
-      not skipCfg(result) and not skipCfg(n) and result = n.getChild(index)
+      not skipCfg(n) and
+      not skipCfg(result) and
+      exists(Go::AstNode c | c = n.getChild(index) |
+        if c instanceof Go::ParenExpr then result = c.(Go::ParenExpr).stripParens() else result = c
+      )
     }
 
     class Callable extends AstNode {