Don't dispose timers if we're in our UnhandledException handler.

src/libraries/System.Runtime.Caching/src/System.Runtime.Caching.csproj

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
     <TargetFrameworks>$(NetCoreAppCurrent)-windows;$(NetCoreAppCurrent);netcoreapp3.1-windows;netcoreapp3.1;netstandard2.0-windows;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <IsPackable>true</IsPackable>
     <!-- If you enable GeneratePackageOnBuild for this package and bump ServicingVersion, make sure to also bump ServicingVersion in Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility.csproj once for the next release. -->
-    <GeneratePackageOnBuild>false</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
-    <ServicingVersion>0</ServicingVersion>
+    <GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
+    <ServicingVersion>1</ServicingVersion>
     <AddNETFrameworkPlaceholderFileToPackage>true</AddNETFrameworkPlaceholderFileToPackage>
     <AddXamarinPlaceholderFilesToPackage>true</AddXamarinPlaceholderFilesToPackage>
     <AddNETFrameworkAssemblyReferenceToPackage>true</AddNETFrameworkAssemblyReferenceToPackage>

src/libraries/System.Runtime.Caching/src/System/Runtime/Caching/MemoryCache.cs

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public class MemoryCache : ObjectCache, IEnumerable, IDisposable
         private bool _useMemoryCacheManager = true;
         private EventHandler _onAppDomainUnload;
         private UnhandledExceptionEventHandler _onUnhandledException;
+        private int _inUnhandledExceptionHandler;
 #if NET5_0_OR_GREATER
         [UnsupportedOSPlatformGuard("browser")]
         private static bool _countersSupported => !OperatingSystem.IsBrowser();
@@ -240,14 +241,19 @@ private void OnAppDomainUnload(object unusedObject, EventArgs unusedEventArgs)
             Dispose();
         }
 
+        internal bool InUnhandledExceptionHandler => _inUnhandledExceptionHandler > 0;
         private void OnUnhandledException(object sender, UnhandledExceptionEventArgs eventArgs)
         {
+            Interlocked.Increment(ref _inUnhandledExceptionHandler);
+
             // if the CLR is terminating, dispose the cache.
             // This will dispose the perf counters
             if (eventArgs.IsTerminating)
             {
                 Dispose();
             }
+
+            Interlocked.Decrement(ref _inUnhandledExceptionHandler);
         }
 
         private void ValidatePolicy(CacheItemPolicy policy)

src/libraries/System.Runtime.Caching/src/System/Runtime/Caching/MemoryCacheStatistics.cs

@@ -334,8 +334,19 @@ public void Dispose()
                     GCHandleRef<Timer> timerHandleRef = _timerHandleRef;
                     if (timerHandleRef != null && Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref _timerHandleRef, null, timerHandleRef) == timerHandleRef)
                     {
-                        timerHandleRef.Dispose();
-                        Dbg.Trace("MemoryCacheStats", "Stopped CacheMemoryTimers");
+                        // If inside an unhandled exception handler, Timers may be succeptible to deadlocks. Use a safer approach.
+                        if (_memoryCache.InUnhandledExceptionHandler)
+                        {
+                            // This does not stop/dispose the timer. But the callback on the timer is protected by _disposed, which we have already
+                            // set above.
+                            timerHandleRef.FreeHandle();
+                            Dbg.Trace("MemoryCacheStats", "Freed CacheMemoryTimers");
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            timerHandleRef.Dispose();
+                            Dbg.Trace("MemoryCacheStats", "Stopped CacheMemoryTimers");
+                        }
                     }
                 }
                 while (_inCacheManagerThread != 0)

src/libraries/System.Runtime.Caching/src/System/Runtime/Caching/SRef.cs

@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ public T Target
         public void Dispose()
         {
             Target.Dispose();
+            FreeHandle();
+        }
+
+        internal void FreeHandle()
+        {
             // Safe to call Dispose more than once but not thread-safe
             if (_handle.IsAllocated)
             {