Fortunately, this time when I switched to another user having not closed a (paused) video in VLC, I had plenty of free space: /var/log/syslog got 7GB bigger in a couple of minutes.
I see version 495 is available. I have installed that, but after over two years of this problem not being fixed, I am not holding my breath...
Yes, it also affects version 470 of the drivers.
Fortunately, this time when I switched to another user having not closed a (paused) video in VLC, I had plenty of free space: /var/log/syslog got 7GB bigger in a couple of minutes.
I see version 495 is available. I have installed that, but after over two years of this problem not being fixed, I am not holding my breath...