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I have this too, on my '17 MBP 13" t-bar. I was able to get the proper logon screen background in safe mode but was back to grey-white on the next normal reboot. Just a bug that will have to be addressed I guess!
 
Seems that the white box is very prevalent - also on the Preference Internet Accounts if the system wants you to verify your password.
 
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