TPM 2 DA (Dictionary Attack) protection triggers on 'unclean' reboots. If it has been tripped already: echo 5 > /sys/class/tpm/tpm0/ppi/request Then reboot to resume normal operation To configure DA: tpm2_dictionarylockout --setup-parameters --max-tries=4294967295 --clear-lockout Further, TPMA_OBJECT_NODA attribute may be useful, see https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/20668