In the page source, the error seems to occur when there are dns-prefetch entries on a web page, as this is the only reference to the host that was being repeated in my log (<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//cf.shareasimage.com">), and with dnsmasq turned off (so it should just use the dns servers from my ISP) cf.shareasimage.com can't be resolved
$ nslookup cf.shareasimage.com Server: 127.0.0.53 Address: 127.0.0.53#53 Non-authoritative answer: *** Can't find cf.shareasimage.com: No answer The parent domain can be found though: nslookup shareasimage.com Server: 127.0.0.53 Address: 127.0.0.53#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: shareasimage.com Address: 52.32.185.55 Name: shareasimage.com Address: 54.191.249.219 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to dnsmasq in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688364 Title: Non existent host causes 100% cpu utilization by systemd-resolved and dnsmasq Status in dnsmasq package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: query[A] cf.shareasimage.com from 127.0.0.1 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: forwarded cf.shareasimage.com to 127.0.0.53 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: query[A] cf.shareasimage.com from 127.0.0.1 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: forwarded cf.shareasimage.com to 127.0.0.53 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: query[A] googletagservices.com from 127.0.0.1 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: forwarded googletagservices.com to 127.0.0.53 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: query[A] cf.shareasimage.com from 127.0.0.1 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: forwarded cf.shareasimage.com to 127.0.0.53 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: query[A] cf.shareasimage.com from 127.0.0.1 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: forwarded cf.shareasimage.com to 127.0.0.53 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: query[A] googletagservices.com from 127.0.0.1 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: forwarded googletagservices.com to 127.0.0.53 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: query[A] cf.shareasimage.com from 127.0.0.1 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: forwarded cf.shareasimage.com to 127.0.0.53 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: query[A] cf.shareasimage.com from 127.0.0.1 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: forwarded cf.shareasimage.com to 127.0.0.53 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: query[A] googletagservices.com from 127.0.0.1 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: forwarded googletagservices.com to 127.0.0.53 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: query[A] cf.shareasimage.com from 127.0.0.1 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: forwarded cf.shareasimage.com to 127.0.0.53 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: query[A] cf.shareasimage.com from 127.0.0.1 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: forwarded cf.shareasimage.com to 127.0.0.53 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: query[A] googletagservices.com from 127.0.0.1 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: forwarded googletagservices.com to 127.0.0.53 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: query[A] cf.shareasimage.com from 127.0.0.1 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: forwarded cf.shareasimage.com to 127.0.0.53 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: query[A] cf.shareasimage.com from 127.0.0.1 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: forwarded cf.shareasimage.com to 127.0.0.53 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: query[A] googletagservices.com from 127.0.0.1 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: forwarded googletagservices.com to 127.0.0.53 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: query[A] cf.shareasimage.com from 127.0.0.1 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: forwarded cf.shareasimage.com to 127.0.0.53 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: query[A] cf.shareasimage.com from 127.0.0.1 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: forwarded cf.shareasimage.com to 127.0.0.53 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: query[A] googletagservices.com from 127.0.0.1 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: forwarded googletagservices.com to 127.0.0.53 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: query[A] cf.shareasimage.com from 127.0.0.1 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: forwarded cf.shareasimage.com to 127.0.0.53 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: query[A] cf.shareasimage.com from 127.0.0.1 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: forwarded cf.shareasimage.com to 127.0.0.53 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: query[A] googletagservices.com from 127.0.0.1 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: forwarded googletagservices.com to 127.0.0.53 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: query[A] cf.shareasimage.com from 127.0.0.1 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: forwarded cf.shareasimage.com to 127.0.0.53 May 04 13:32:07 cannon-fodder dnsmasq[8101]: query[A] cf.shareasimage.com from 127.0.0.1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dnsmasq/+bug/1688364/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net 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