diff --git a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
index ae10de5911b353..4c22f131e31c89 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
@@ -300,6 +300,16 @@ def requires(resource, msg=None):
     if resource == 'gui' and not _is_gui_available():
         raise ResourceDenied(_is_gui_available.reason)
 
+def _get_kernel_version(sysname="Linux"):
+    import platform
+    if platform.system() != sysname:
+        return None
+    version_txt = platform.release().split('-', 1)[0]
+    try:
+        return tuple(map(int, version_txt.split('.')))
+    except ValueError:
+        return None
+
 def _requires_unix_version(sysname, min_version):
     """Decorator raising SkipTest if the OS is `sysname` and the version is less
     than `min_version`.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socket.py b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
index 8c489f559e6c97..f200fc97927819 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
@@ -6680,8 +6680,14 @@ def test_aes_cbc(self):
             self.assertEqual(len(dec), msglen * multiplier)
             self.assertEqual(dec, msg * multiplier)
 
-    @support.requires_linux_version(4, 9)  # see issue29324
+    @support.requires_linux_version(4, 9)  # see gh-73510
     def test_aead_aes_gcm(self):
+        kernel_version = support._get_kernel_version("Linux")
+        if kernel_version is not None:
+            if kernel_version >= (6, 16) and kernel_version < (6, 18):
+                # See https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/139310.
+                self.skipTest("upstream Linux kernel issue")
+
         key = bytes.fromhex('c939cc13397c1d37de6ae0e1cb7c423c')
         iv = bytes.fromhex('b3d8cc017cbb89b39e0f67e2')
         plain = bytes.fromhex('c3b3c41f113a31b73d9a5cd432103069')