CRIT Error in dnsmasq configuration: failed to create listening socket for port 53: Address in use

[Bucking_Horn]

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libvirtd[1312]: libvirt version: 9.0.0, package: 9.0.0-4+deb12u2 (Debian)

See here:

Anybody use pi-hole alongside QEMU-KVM? (dnsmasq conflict)

If you'd be using libvirt, the following may also be relevant: In your case, the "global" dnsmasq from that linked text is your Pi-hole. To apply the suggested configuration to your "global" dnsmasq/Pi-hole, you could switch Pi-hole's Interface settings under Settings | DNS to Bind only to interface <interface-name>.