Reproduction steps:
1. Open the attached project "Test_crash"
2. Enter Safe Mode
3. Open Edit -> Project Settings
4. Select one of the tabs from the Project Settings window

Expected result: Tab is opened without problems
Actual result: Editor crashes

Reproducible with: 2021.2.0b14, 2021.2.3f1, 2022.1.0a9, 2022.1.0a13
Not reproducible with: 2020.3.23f1, 2021.2.0b13, 2021.2.4f1, 2022.1.0a8, 2022.1.0a14, 2022.1.0a16
Could not test with: 2019.4.32f1 (Safe Mode is not available)

Note:
- may need to click on multiple different tabs to reproduce the issue

First lines of stacktrace:
0x00007ff7e6455911 (Unity) OnDemandScheduler::SetStandbyWorkerCount
0x00007ff7e641d28a (Unity) RefreshSettings
0x00007ff7e47ea954 (Unity) AssetDatabase_CUSTOM_RefreshSettings
0x0000022297d986b7 (Mono JIT Code) (wrapper managed-to-native) UnityEditor.AssetDatabase:RefreshSettings ()
0x0000022297d9847b (Mono JIT Code) UnityEditor.EditorSettingsInspector:OnDisable ()