To reproduce:
1. Open a new Unity project
2. Open Profiler window
3. Go into Play mode
4. Select Memory profiler
5. Choose Detailed instead of simple
6. Click "Take Sample: Editor"
7. Highlight "Gather object references"
8. Go to Builtin Resources --> Mesh --> Sphere
9. In the "Referenced By:" column, try to expand Sphere(MeshFilter)

Result: Endless recurssion, not possible to get to the deepest child (see attached gif "recursive.gif")

Reproduced on: 5.6.4p1, 2017.1.2p3, 2017.2.0p3, 2017.3.0b11, 2018.1.0a6

Note: Sphere is just an example, the same bug occurs with any selected object.