System Information
Operating system: Linux-5.3.0-51-generic-x86_64-with-debian-buster-sid 64 Bits
Graphics card: GeForce GTX 1660 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.5.0 NVIDIA 435.21

Blender Version
Broken: version: 2.90 (sub 2), branch: master, commit date: 2020-05-21 17:37, hash: rB70c483e7db2a
Worked: version: 2.90 (sub 2), branch: master, commit date: 2020-05-21 16:35, hash: rBce74df624863

Short description of error
Selecting the materials tab in the right properties window crashes Blender.
Also selecting Materials in the drop down menu in the shader workspace makes Blender crash.

Bisecting gave me:
c732edbaa415b8adda86fbe7302dc5bed3ed66b9 is the first bad commit is the first bad commit

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error

1. Open Blender
2. Click in the 3D Viewport to make the splash screen disappear
3. Try selecting the Materials Tab in the right properties window.

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