I’ve heard of it. It’s never happened to me, but I’ve heard of it.
It’s kind of interesting that you should pick this particular example. It’s maybe the one thing that Microsoft Windows got right and Linus got wrong at first. Video drivers, particularly for 3d rendering belong in the kernel.
The early NT had video drivers outside of the kernel, too. They moved it in for performance as of IIRC NT 4, for which we have to thank for video drivers being able to take down Windows.