diff --git a/src/jdk.attach/linux/classes/sun/tools/attach/VirtualMachineImpl.java b/src/jdk.attach/linux/classes/sun/tools/attach/VirtualMachineImpl.java
index 64192a47e5c..d73ff4bb48b 100644
--- a/src/jdk.attach/linux/classes/sun/tools/attach/VirtualMachineImpl.java
+++ b/src/jdk.attach/linux/classes/sun/tools/attach/VirtualMachineImpl.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ package sun.tools.attach;
 
 import com.sun.tools.attach.AgentLoadException;
 import com.sun.tools.attach.AttachNotSupportedException;
+import com.sun.tools.attach.AttachOperationFailedException;
 import com.sun.tools.attach.spi.AttachProvider;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ public class VirtualMachineImpl extends HotSpotVirtualMachine {
         return f;
     }
 
-    private String findTargetProcessTmpDirectory(long pid) throws AttachNotSupportedException, IOException {
+    private String findTargetProcessTmpDirectory(long pid) throws IOException {
         final var tmpOnProcPidRoot = PROC.resolve(Long.toString(pid)).resolve(ROOT_TMP);
 
         /* We need to handle at least 4 different cases:
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ public class VirtualMachineImpl extends HotSpotVirtualMachine {
             } else if (Files.isSameFile(tmpOnProcPidRoot, TMPDIR)) {
                 return TMPDIR.toString();
             } else {
-                throw new AttachNotSupportedException("Unable to access the filesystem of the target process");
+                throw new AttachOperationFailedException("Unable to access the filesystem of the target process");
             }
         } catch (IOException ioe) {
             try {
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@ public class VirtualMachineImpl extends HotSpotVirtualMachine {
                 throw ioe;
             } catch (MonitorException | URISyntaxException e) {
                 // Other exceptions (happened at MonitoredHost) would be wrapped with AttachNotSupportedException
-                throw new AttachNotSupportedException("Unable to find target proces", e);
+                throw new AttachOperationFailedException("Unable to find target proces", e);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/jdk.attach/share/classes/com/sun/tools/attach/AttachOperationFailedException.java b/src/jdk.attach/share/classes/com/sun/tools/attach/AttachOperationFailedException.java
index cbc4410907c..3f26c02c304 100644
--- a/src/jdk.attach/share/classes/com/sun/tools/attach/AttachOperationFailedException.java
+++ b/src/jdk.attach/share/classes/com/sun/tools/attach/AttachOperationFailedException.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -50,4 +50,18 @@ public class AttachOperationFailedException extends IOException {
     public AttachOperationFailedException(String message) {
         super(message);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs an <code>AttachOperationFailedException</code> with
+     * the specified cause.
+     *
+     * @param   message the detail message.
+     * @param   cause   the cause of this exception.
+     *
+     * @since 27
+     */
+    public AttachOperationFailedException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+        super(message, cause);
+    }
+
 }