System Information
Operating system: Linux-5.8.0-43-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.31 64 Bits
Graphics card: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.5.0 NVIDIA 460.32.03

Blender Version
Broken: version: 2.93.0 Alpha, branch: master, commit date: 2021-02-16 11:07, hash: rB21de1f91480a
Worked: None since 2.80. Tried all releases, all crash

Short description of error
Entering Particle Edit mode and then setting the viewport display to show particles instantly crashes / closes Blender

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error

• Open attached blend file:
  Particle_Edit_Crash_v01.blend940 KBDownload

It contains a simple cube with a cached default particle system. Nothing special.

• Switch to "Particle Edit" mode (the file should already be in that mode)
• Tick the "Particles" box shown in the screenshot above
• Crash