Macbook Pro Mid-2012 (Non-Retina). Same issue there. It happened one or two times lately after few random reboots and kernel panics (dunno why). Today, i leaved my macbook turned on for the night, dimmed off display backlight and in the morning after return backlight on 100% - there it is.
Still can't find the answer.. My problem is that i can't take macbook to nearest genius bar - in Moscow there's no Genius Bars or Official Apple (not to mention online store), only official resellers. And another problem is that i've changed ram, installed second HDD in dvd-rom tray, so even authorized support service (repair services) will not be objective, i'm afraid..
Don't hold my poor english against me =)