dnf/yum transaction results in "Failed to write files: Invalid argument" error

Issue

A dnf/yum transaction involving grafana (or another package) results in "Failed to write files: Invalid argument" error, like so:

Running transaction
  Preparing        :                                                                                                                                                                          1/1
  Installing       : grafana-pcp-5.1.1-1.el8.x86_64                                                                                                                                           1/2
  Running scriptlet: grafana-9.2.10-7.el8_9.x86_64                                                                                                                                            2/2
Creating group dnsmasq with gid 981.
Creating user dnsmasq (Dnsmasq DHCP and DNS server) with uid 981 and gid 981.
Failed to write files: Invalid argument
error: %prein(grafana-9.2.10-7.el8_9.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 1